WESTMINSTER, Colo. -- Police have released the identity of the man accused in an armed robbery that caused lockouts at four schools.
Around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, a woman reported that an armed man got in her car and threatened her in a parking lot outside the Planet Fitness at 72nd and Sheridan.
The woman told police the man stole a large amount of money and prescription medication.
Officers set up a perimeter to search for the suspect and put four nearby schools on lockout.
The lockout was lifted at 12:23 p.m.
The suspect, 26-year-old Brandon Jaymes Romero, was arrested around 1:45 p.m. about six miles away, near 118th and Sheridan.
He was jailed on suspicion of aggravated robbery.
Police said the victim in the robbery was not hurt.
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