Healdsburg man arrested on suspicion of robbery, assault

A Healdsburg man was arrested on suspicion of robbery and assault with a deadly weapon after he allegedly beat up a gas station convenience store employee and fled with stolen items.

Bruno Andreas Gracefecker, 20, of Healdsburg was arrested Saturday and faces two felonies and four misdemeanors, including violating his probation, after the June 20 robbery of the Wine & Country Chevron in the 1400 block of Healdsburg Avenue. Police used video surveillance footage to identify Gracefecker and, after obtaining a search warrant, found some of the stolen items and other evidence of the crime, including the suspect’s vehicle, at his home, police said in a statement.

The employee told Healdsburg police he recognized the suspect from a prior theft of the convenience store, located a quarter-mile north of the Dry Creek Road exit from Highway 101. Gracefecker is suspected of entering the convenience store, walking behind the counter and pushing the employee, then repeatedly hitting him with a box of metal objects, police said.

Gracefecker, who has no prior criminal record as an adult in Sonoma County, remained in custody at the county jail Sunday in lieu of $50,000 bail. He is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday afternoon.

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