November 10, 2009

AIKEN, S.C. -- The fourth suspect in the armed robbery at the Aiken Burger King on Saturday afternoon has been arrested by State law enforcement agents.

According to the Aiken Public Safety Department, Toryast Jermaine Johnson, 28 years old, was arrested in Columbia, S.C. Johnson will be charged with possession of a weapon, robbery while armed with a deadly weapon, 18 counts of kidnapping and carjacking.

Aiken Public Safety was assisted by South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, Winnsboro, SC Police Dept. Sumter Police Dept., Orangeburg Public Safety, Richland County Sheriff's Office, Denmark Police Dept. and Bamberg Police Dept..

The robbery happened at the Burger King near the intersection of York Street and Rutland Drive around 12:45 p.m. Saturday. Johnson and three others forced customers and employees into the kitchen’s cooler while they took money from the register.

One suspect fled and eventually took his own life when officers moved towards the area he was hiding in.