CRESTVIEW — A 23-year-old man has been arrested and charged in a late-night armed burglary at the Ritz 1 gas station on South Ferdon Boulevard.
About 11:30 p.m. Sunday, Crestview police officers responded to an alarm call at the store. When they arrived, they saw Christopher Allen Jeter, who lives in Crestview, inside the store, according to a news release from the police department.
Jeter fled on foot and was quickly captured without further incident, the release said.
He was armed with a large kitchen knife, according to police.
Jeter was arrested and charged with armed burglary, criminal mischief under $1,000, resisting an officer without violence and petty theft.
He was being held in the Okaloosa County Jail on $13,000 bond Monday afternoon.