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"The man arrested Friday morning in an armed robbery is a former Racine police officer, police said.\u00A0Mount Pleasant police said Paul Garcheck, 41, tried tried to steal a television from the Walmart on Oakes Road just after 4 a.m. When workers confronted him, he pulled out a gun, police said.VIDEO: Former Racine police officer arrested for robberyPolice tracked Garchek to a house in Racine, where they arrested him after a brief standoff.Nobody was hurt.\u201CI\u2019m thinking, \u2018Oh no, there\u2019s some sort of crazy person out there who\u2019s trying to kill people or something,'\u201D said neighbor Lika Phipps.Neighbors said the scene was chaotic in front of Garchek\u2019s house. Police had guns drawn and shields out trying to get him to surrender.After several hours, police said Garchek came outside and was arrested.Police records indicate Garchek resigned from the Racine Police Department in 2010 after he was accused of neglecting his duties while on patrol, poor job performance and falsifying his daily reports.He was also cited for drinking and driving, and ordered to seek treatment for his \u201Cuse of prescription substances, opioids, stimulants, depressants, cocaine, marijuana, mood-altering medications and alcohol.\u201DPhipps said Garchek was a nice neighbor, but troubled.\u201CMy opinion is he just couldn\u2019t deal with the stress and it was desperate measures for desperate times,\u201D Phipps said.Garchek is in Racine County Jail. Charges are expected to be filed Monday."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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