Albert Lea police have arrested a 16-year-old boy in connection to a reported armed robbery Friday night in Albert Lea.

The robbery reportedly took place at approximately 8:58 p.m. Friday at the Mileage gas station at 901 W. Main St.

After receiving a description of the reported male robber who was said to have been armed with a handgun and had fled on foot, officers from the Albert Lea Police Department, deputies from the Freeborn County Sheriff’s Office and a conservation officer from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources converged on the area and established a perimeter.

Within minutes, the conservation officer was reportedly in foot pursuit with a male subject under the west main viaduct near Skyline Mall. At about  9:01 p.m., a 16-year-old Albert Lea juvenile male was taken into custody near Hayek Park.

Officers located a BB gun, mask and a cloth bag of money on the juvenile, according to an Albert Lea Police Department press release.

The juvenile was reportedly transported to Minnesota Correctional Facility-Red Wing pending his court appearance.

Two employees were working in the store at the time of the incident and were not injured, according to the press release.

Look to the Tribune for more information as it becomes available.