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Police: Suspect in custody after gas station robbery in Laughlin

Updated Monday, Dec. 15, 2014 | 4:57 p.m.

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Steve Alaniz

A man who barricaded himself in an apartment following a gas station robbery in Laughlin is in custody, Metro Police said.

Police received a report about 7:30 a.m. of a robbery at a Mobil gas station at 3020 Needles Highway, near El Mirage Way, Officer Miguel Garcia said.

Officers chased the suspect, identified as 26-year-old Steven Alaniz, on foot to a nearby apartment complex, police said.

He then barricaded himself in an apartment, Garcia said.

Alaniz was taken into custody about 10:50 a.m. on a charge of robbery with a deadly weapon, police said.

Nearby apartments were evacuated as a precaution, police said.

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