A Willimantic man arrested after opening fire in a Subway restaurant a year ago during an attempted robbery pleaded guilty and has been sentenced to nine years in jail.
Luis Feliciano, 29, pleaded guilty to brandishing a handgun in the Subway on High Street and firing two shots after demanding money on Jan. 4, 2014.
He ran from the store when an employee said he'd call 911. Neither Subway employee working at the time was injured.
Police responded to a panic alarm that went off at the store and spotted him running on High Street. Witnesses identified him as the robber. He led police on a foot chase on Valley Street and behind a house on High Street, police said. He didn't listen to police commands and struggled with officers, so police called a K-9 unit. He was eventually subdued and brought into custody and police held him on a $500,000 bond.
Officers found a small caliber pistol near the sidewalk outside Subway and Feliciano was charged with first-degree robbery, reckless endangerment, interfering with an officer and carrying a gun without a permit. He pleaded guilty to the charges.
