1 in custody after robbery at downtown Subway

A Jefferson City man was being held on $200,000 bond after an armed robbery at Subway on East High Street, Thursday morning.

Court records show David Humes, 26, 2725 Schott Road, is charged with attempted first-degree robbery, two counts of armed criminal action, felonious restraint, unlawful possession of a firearm and receiving stolen property.

A Jefferson City Police Department probable cause statement shows Humes came into the restaurant and sat down in a booth around 7:30 a.m.

He asked an employee when management of the restaurant would come in and when told, he sat back down and started looking at his phone.

The manager arrived at 8 a.m., but Humes remained seated in his booth until 9:20 a.m. and at that time, he approached the manager and showed her his phone which had a text message that read "Please don't panic."

The manager wasn't sure what Humes meant by this, but he repeatedly showed her the message until he became frustrated and asked to speak to the other employee in the store.

Humes told the employee not to touch anything and began to ask if the business had a panic button.

The employee told Humes to leave and he began to walk towards the front door.

When he got to the door he locked it.

The manager then called 911 to report a robbery.

Humes then unwrapped a plastic grocery bag that he was holding onto and displayed a black handgun.

He pointed it at the employee and said, "Give me everything now!"

Humes began ordering the employee and manager to get into the business' freezer, but changed his mind and ordered them to the cash register, again demanding money.

Humes heard officers make entry through the back door of the business and the officers took him into custody without anybody getting hurt.

When questioned, Humes admitted to being in the business when the robbery occurred, but did not implicate himself as being the suspect, despite when officers contacted Humes inside the store he was holding the pistol used in the robbery and was identified by the employee and manager as being the suspect.

He later admitted to needing money and had become desperate enough to commit robbery.

Humes has been out on parole for second-degree robbery charges and had an active parole absconder warrant.

A check on the gun he used found that it had been stolen from a residence in Fulton in 2010.