ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times

DATE: Wednesday, April 9, 1997               TAG: 9704090067
SECTION: VIRGINIA                 PAGE: C-3  EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: BETTY HAYDEN SNIDER

HERSHBERGER SHONEY'S ROBBED

Roanoke police arrested a strong-arm robbery suspect Tuesday night after a chase that ended when the man crashed his vehicle into a tree.

The Shoney's restaurant on Hershberger Road was robbed at 9:25 p.m., police said. A police officer spotted the suspect's vehicle on Williamson Road a short time later, but the man did not pull over.

The officer chased him to the 2000 block of Oakland Boulevard where the man's vehicle hit a tree at a dead-end, police said.

The suspect's name was not available late Tuesday.

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