CRESTVIEW — A man faces armed burglary and criminal mischief charges following a gas station burglary.
On July 7, Christopher Allen Jeter, 23, a Crestview resident, allegedly broke into the Ritz 1 gas station, setting off the alarm.
When officers arrived at the scene at 11:29 a.m., they saw a white male inside the business. As they approached, he fled on foot and was quickly captured.
Jeter, armed with a large kitchen knife, according to a police department press release, was arrested and taken to the Okaloosa County Jail.
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