( KRON ) — A 40-year-old Petaluma man was arrested for robbing a Ross store earlier this week, the Petaluma Police Department (PPD) announced on Thursday. The robbery happened around Tuesday afternoon at the Ross on N McDowell Boulevard.
Around 3:34 p.m., the suspect exited the Ross with a backpack that triggered the store’s security alarm, according to PPD. A Ross employee approached the man outside, and he allegedly threatened to physically assault the employee.
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The employee was not harmed and was able to provide a description and picture of the suspect to store staff and police. Officers later located the suspect about two miles away from the Ross where he was arrested.
He was booked into Sonoma County Jail for robbery, police said…