Jack London Elementary School placed on lockdown following robbery report

A Santa Rosa elementary school was placed on lockdown Wednesday afternoon, as deputies searched for a man suspected in a robbery at a nearby apartment complex, the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office said.|
NASHELLY CHAVEZ
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT

A northwest Santa Rosa elementary school was placed on lockdown Wednesday afternoon, as deputies searched for a man suspected in a robbery at a nearby apartment complex, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office said.

The robbery was reported just before 1 p.m. at the Vineyard Creek Apartments off Airport Boulevard near Highway 101, the Sheriff’s Office said in a Nixle alert.

The Jack London Elementary School, about 5 miles south of the apartment complex, was put on lockdown following the report, school officials said on social media.

Authorities arrested a suspect in the robbery about an hour later, the Sheriff’s Office said in a subsequent Nixle alert. However, no other details were available Wednesday.

You can reach Staff Writer Nashelly Chavez at 707-521-5203 or nashelly.chavez@pressdemocrat.com. On Twitter @nashellytweets.

Editor’s note: This article has been updated to clarify the locations of the incidents.

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