From The Tribune staff reports
BIRMINGHAM — A Birmingham man is currently jailed on felony charges after Birmingham police say robbed a Family Dollar store and then evaded arrest by car on Sunday, September 19.
According to the Birmingham Police Department, Gilbert Coates, 33, entered Family Dollar and demanded cash from the sales associate while displaying a firearm. Coates then fled the scene. Coates is charged with first-degree robbery.
Later the police identified Coates vehicle, and a short pursuit ended in a wreck near 31st street North at 12th Avenue North. Coates then fled on foot onto I-59 South, running across several lanes of oncoming traffic before he was arrested on I-59 North near the 31st street North on-ramp.
Coates is being held at Jefferson County jail with a $60,000 bond.