He was caught after hiding in a retention pond area for about seven hours, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

TAMPA – A St. Petersburg man is facing a federal charge after he tried to rob a Dollar Store, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida.

Terrian J. Knight, 29, of St. Petersburg, was arrested on a criminal complaint charging him with being a felon in possession of a firearm. If convicted, Knight faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison.

According to the complaint, on July 30, Knight tried to rob the assistant manager of a St. Petersburg Family Dollar store as the manager was leaving the store. During the course of the robbery, Knight produced a firearm and shot the victim twice. After hiding in a retention pond area for about seven hours, Knight was taken into custody, and law enforcement recovered the firearm used in the shooting.

A criminal complaint is merely an allegation that a defendant has committed one or more violations of federal criminal law, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless, and until, proven guilty.

He was arrested earlier on state charges.

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