Masked man carrying shotgun

[chesire17201]

LOWER PAXTON TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- Employees at an Applebee's restaurant in Dauphin County spotted a masked man carrying a shotgun at the rear of the restaurant early Sunday morning and called police.

Officers said they responded to the Applebee's in Lower Paxton Township on the 4400 block of Jonestown Road around 8:30 a.m. and spotted Francis Payne, 28, running away.

Officers chased the man down an alley and eventually surrounded him, police said. Police said Payne threw away shotgun shells as he fled and once cornered, "smashed the (shotgun) into the ground in an attempt to destroy it rather than surrender the weapon to police," a police news release stated.

Police arrested Payne. He is charged with attempted robbery and weapons charges. He is being held in the Dauphin County Prison on $75,000 bail.

Police said other local agencies are examining similar recent robberies.




Wonder what the weapons charges are?

[CZ40P]

Wonder what the weapons charges are?

Probably something along the lines of Felon in Possession of a Firearm.


edited to say: I wasn't trying to be a smart ass. I looked him up on UJS website http://ujsportal.pacourts.us/

He has priors