Man Captured, Charged After Third Robbery at Rockridge Safeway

A 22-year-old man was charged Thursday with three counts of armed robbery, two attempted robberies and arson after a series of hold-ups at the Rockridge Safeway — most recently on Sunday, after he attempted to rob a Safeway cashier at knifepoint, police said, according to an article in the Oakland Tribune.

Oakland police said Christopher Banks, 22, a transient, confessed to two earlier robberies at the same Safeway, located in the Rockridge Shopping Center at Broadway and 51st Street/Pleasant Valley Avenue, Oakland.

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