A Texas man accused of robbing two stores at Hamilton Place mall on Saturday was taken into custody after police chased the suspect on Interstate 75.
Mark Glen Applegate, 43, of Houston, was charged with theft over $10,000, two counts of aggravated robbery and evading arrest after he robbed the Toys R Us and Marshalls on Hamilton Place Boulevard, according to a Chattanooga police report.
The car he was caught in was reported stolen in Texas.
Chattanooga police responded to the Toys R Us robbery about 5:15 p.m., the report said.
Police were told that a white man approached a cashier with two shirts and pretended he wanted to purchase them. He then told the cashier to give him all the money from the drawer and implied that he was armed, the report said.