A Jefferson City man was sentenced to 12 years in prison for pleading guilty to charges in connection with an armed robbery at Subway on East High Street in May.
Court records show David Humes, 26, of 2725 Schott Road, was charged with attempted first-degree robbery, armed criminal action and unlawful possession of a firearm.
A second charge of armed criminal action, along with charges of felonious restraint and receiving stolen property, were all dismissed.
A Jefferson City Police Department probable cause statement shows Humes came into the restaurant and sat down in a booth.
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, but Humes remained seated in his booth for a time before eventually approaching 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 toward 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 he was holding 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 he did not implicate himself as being the suspect, despite being identified by the employee and manager.
He later admitted to needing money and becoming 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 it had been stolen from a residence in Fulton in 2010.