SALINE COUNTY -Law enforcement authorities in Saline County are investigating a suspect for alleged robbery and kidnapping.

Just before 4:30pm. on Saturday, the suspect entered Dallas Liquor, 965 N. Broadway in Salina and purchased two cans of beer, according to Police Captain Mike Sweeney.

As he was exiting the store a clerk observed the suspect picking up two bottles of whiskey.

The clerk confronted the suspect and told him not to return to the store.

Approximately 20 minutes later, the suspect, identified as Richard Brazo, 54, did return and demanded money from the clerk, according to Sweeney.

Brazo allegedly grabbed the clerk by the throat and forced him behind the register. He then fled the store on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash.

Sweeney said police were notified and an officer on patrol observed a man fitting Brazo’s description entering the Hawthorne Apartments, 715 N. 9th Street, and arrested him.

The male clerk was treated by EMS for scrapes on his forearms and scratches and redness on his neck.

Brazo was booked into the Saline County Jail on requested charges that included aggravated robbery, aggravated kidnapping, misdemeanor theft and felony obstruction, according to Sweeney.