Man In Motorcycle Helmet Holds Up Gas Station With BB Gun: Police

SANTA ROSA, CA — A man wearing a motorcycle helmet held up a Santa Rosa gas station with a BB gun Tuesday morning, police said.

The robbery was reported just after 10 a.m., Santa Rosa police Sgt. Kyle Philp said.

"The caller stated a male wearing a motorcycle helmet had entered the Valero gas station located at 100 Coddingtown Center armed with a handgun," Philp said. "The suspect pointed a gun at the clerk and demanded money. After receiving cash from the clerk, the suspect fled the store in a white Kia SUV."

An officer soon spotted an SUV fitting the description near a local motel so he approached the car but the suspect, later identified as 47-year-old Sedredt Dewaynn Parmer of San Francisco resident, was not compliant, Philp said.

"After a brief exchange Parmer was taken into custody," Philp said.

Officers found a BB gun in the SUV and believe it was the "handgun" used in the robbery.

Also found in Parmer's car: the motorcycle helmet worn during the robbery and the cash stolen in the robbery, Philp said.

Parmer was booked into the Sonoma County Jail on suspicion of robbery and resisting arrest.

Hit bail was set at $50,000 as of Tuesday afternoon, jail records showed.