Police say they have arrested a thief who evaded capture despite a 12-hour SWAT standoff last month outside a 7-Eleven in downtown Long Beach.
The saga began early in the morning on Sept. 23, when workers fleeing the 7-Eleven on the corner of Pine Avenue and Broadway flagged down officers and told them a man armed with a gun had attempted to rob the store, according to Long Beach police.
The suspect holed up inside the store while a SWAT team lobbed tear gas and eventually went inside to search for him. When the search turned up empty, police also scoured two neighboring businesses, a Pinkberry frozen yogurt shop and Broadway Pizza…