A Bloomington man was arrested after he robbed a gas station using a gun and tried to flee from police.
Taiveon Tramayne Taylor, 25, was arrested on charges of robbery, resisting law enforcement, pointing a firearm, theft of a firearm, carrying a handgun as a convicted felon and carrying a handgun without a license.
An officer with the Greenwood Police Department was patrolling the area around County Line Road and Madison Avenue in Greenwood around 12:25 a.m. Friday when he saw a motorist, later identified as Taylor, speed out of the Speedway gas station at 1291 N. Madison Ave., according to a report from the Greenwood Police Department.
Taylor cut across three lanes of traffic and ran a red light. The officer then attempted to stop the vehicle, according to the report.
Taylor then sped up and merged lanes without signaling the turn and then turned into a business parking lot in the 2300 block of East County Line Road. The officer was then notified of a robbery at the gas station and that the vehicle matched the description of the vehicle the officer was chasing, the report said.
He continued to flee through the parking lot and turned north on South Keystone Avenue before stopping, according to the report.
As the officer was leaving his vehicle, Taylor opened his door and tried to leave the vehicle. The officer held Taylor at gunpoint, the report said.
A clerk at the gas station told police that Taylor came into the store and pointed a black semiautomatic weapon at her and a second employee and told her to give him the money from the cash register. The clerk gave him $215 and he then asked for cigarettes, according to the report.
Taylor, 620 S. Walnut St., was arrested and taken to the Johnson County jail, where was held on $54,900 bond.
