PEORIA ( 25News Now ) - A man was arrested midday Sunday after allegedly robbing a food mart.

Peoria Police said 26-year-old Pablo B. Sanchez was arrested on preliminary charges of armed robbery, defacing a firearm, possession of a firearm, possession of a firearm with no valid FOID, obstructing an officer and resisting police.

Officers were called just before noon on Sunday to the Daily Food Mart in the 600 block of South Shelley Street for a reported armed robbery.

An employee told police that the suspect entered the business and reportedly displayed a handgun and demanded money.

The employee complied and the suspect fled the store on foot.

No one was injured.

Multiple officers descended on the area in the search. A Peoria County deputy found the suspect later identified as Sanch

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