Gainesville man arrested for armed robberies at Subway, CVS

A Gainesville man was arrested on Wednesday for two armed robberies in the span of an hour.

Johnny Beaton, 53, attempted to rob a Subway on Southwest 13th Street and successfully robbed the neighboring CVS, according to the arrest report.

At around 11 a.m., Gainesville Police Department officers responded to a report from a Subway employee that Beaton had pulled a gun on him and demanded all the money in the cash register. When the employee didn’t comply, Beaton reportedly fled on an e-bike…

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