The Lebanon County District Attorney’s Office on Thursday announced charges against the suspect in an armed robbery who allegedly led police on a pursuit in a stolen vehicle and brandished a stolen handgun at arresting officers.
Cesar Romero Colon is charged with multiple counts of felony robbery, aggravated assault on police, possession of a stolen firearm, flight from police and possession of a firearm without a license after an alleged police pursuit that ended along Route 422 in South Lebanon Township, according to District Attorney Pier Hess Graf.
According to Graf’s account of the alleged incident, Lebanon Police first encountered Colon as he was attempting to rob a victim at gunpoint. The victim fled, and Colon fired a single shot into the air before escaping from the scene on a bicycle.
Colon led police on a chase through the city before carjacking a vehicle at gunpoint. He then fled in the stolen vehicle while police gave chase.
Colon allegedly drove the wrong way on Route 422 in South Lebanon Township over the course of the pursuit, eventually striking another vehicle with his stolen car, causing serious but non-life-threatening injuries to the driver of the other car, Graf said.
The collision caused Colon to lose control of his vehicle, which left the roadway and came to rest in a nearby field.
He then exited his vehicle and ran onto Route 422, where he allegedly attempted another carjacking at gunpoint as pursuing officers arrived.
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