Gainesville police have charged three people in connection with the Feb. 13 robbery of Bojangles' — two men they say robbed employees at gunpoint and an employee who was part of the plot.

Authorities said they arrested Christopher Wiggins, 52, Kenneth Brown, 41, and Arkenda Branton, 37. Brown, however, was not in the Alachua County Jail's custody early Monday evening.

Brown has a long criminal history and is on federal probation, a news release from the Gainesville Police Department said. He's a nine-time felon, a sworn complaint said.

Brown held an AK-47 rifle during the robbery, the release said.

During the robbery, two men forced their way into the fast-food restaurant at 3120 Archer Road at 11:04 p.m.

They demanded cash from the employees, got it and then ran from the area. Police searched the area but could not find anyone connected to the robbery.

Branton, the restaurant manager, was initially listed as a victim in the robbery, but a tipster told police she was in on the heist. The trio may be involved in other crimes, GPD's news release about the arrests said, and anyone with information is asked to call Detective Jon Rappa at 393-7684.

Both Brown and Wiggins are charged with conspiracy, armed robbery, being a felon in possession of a weapon and three counts of kidnapping, records show.

Branton is charged with conspiracy, armed robbery and three counts of kidnapping. She and Wiggins are in the Alachua County Jail: Her bail is set at $850,000, Wiggins' at $750,000, records show.

According to Rappa's sworn complaint against Wiggins filed Friday, here is how the robbery happened:

Branton and three store employees were closing the store, and as they tried to leave for the night, Brown and Wiggins came in, ordering all but one employee into a corner, while Brown grabbed one victim and forced him to open the restaurant's safe.

During this, Branton was "acting as a victim," the complaint said.

A search warrant for Branton's social media showed that she messaged someone telling them she was going to rob Bojangles' and in that conversation, the name "Chris" was mentioned.

During an interview Thursday after Branton's arrest, she told police she was involved and got $300 for her role, with Brown and Wiggins splitting the remainder of the proceeds — $844 each.

Branton, who lives at an apartment at 4117 SW 20th Ave., was charged with possessing a controlled substance last month after a traffic stop. The sworn complaint in that case said she was in a car with a man about midnight on March 14 when they were pulled over. After a search, she was found to have 11 Lortab pills, .3 grams of cocaine and 2.2 grams of marijuana.

The officer that made the stop noted that Branton made incriminating statements about the cocaine that were recorded on his in-car video, the report said.