ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Albany Police arrested a Utica man on Thursday as a result of a robbery investigation. Anthony Ayala, 23, faces felony charges.

On November 6 around 5 p.m., police responded to 785 Central Avenue after receiving a report of a robbery. Arriving officers spoke with the victim, a car salesman with Armory Dodge, who stated that he had been on a test drive with Ayala for a 2026 Durango when Ayala stopped the car in the parking lot of 785 Central Avenue and allegedly brandished a knife.

The salesman told police that Ayala coerced him into handing over the keys and exiting the car before Ayala fled east on Central Avenue in the stolen vehicle. A short time later, Albany Police found Ayala driving the Durango and tried to pull him over near Henry Johnson Boulevard and Wa

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