A man was arrested after a robbing a Merced County gas station.

Deputies responded to the Shell gas station located in the area of Nees Avenue and I-5 for reports of a robbery at around 7:00 Wednesday morning.

Authorities say a Hispanic male subject who was later identified as 38-year-old Anthony Angel Torres walked into the shell station with a handgun and demanded the cashier to hand over all the cash from the register.

Torres took an unknown amount of cash and sped off in a white-colored Ford Escape.

Detective Diane Rentfrow from the Merced Sheriff’s Department responded to the scene and reviewed surveillance footage and collected evidence.

During the investigation, Detective Rentfrow worked with the Los Banos Police Department, and the Gilroy Police Department and was able to identify Torres as the suspect in several different robberies including a recent robbery in the city of Los Banos.

Torres was also out on bail regarding a recent robbery that occurred on September 15, 2021, in the County of Merced.

Later in the day, the Los Banos Police Department located Torres and the vehicle and attempted a traffic stop on the vehicle, however, Torres failed to stop and the Los Banos Police Department pursued Torres out into the county area where he crashed into a canal ending the pursuit.

Torres was treated for minor injuries, later booked into the Merced County Jail on several felony charges.