COLUMBUS – An Indianapolis man accused of an armed robbery at the Moose Lodge was detained.
According to the Columbus Police Department, officers were called to the Moose Lodge at 330 Eighth Street at about Thursday 12:38 p.m. afternoon after a report of a robbery. Witnesses told police a man entered the establishment and robbed the lodge at gunpoint and then ran from the scene.
Moments after the robbery, police arrived and found 35-year-old Robert Christopher running from the scene. They took off after him and he was detained in the 1000 block of Franklin Street. Police say Christopher was armed with a gun and they recovered an undisclosed amount of cash.
Christopher was transported to the Bartholomew County Jail on preliminary charges of armed robbery, resisting law enforcement, interfering with the reporting of a crime, criminal confinement, and intimidation with a deadly weapon.
The incident remains under investigation.
