That's the way the cookie crumbles..

[Growler]

www.timesdispatch.com

Jessica Roman apparently wanted more than her just desserts.

But when she didn't get the money police say she demanded in a note to the cashier at a Subway restaurant in South Rich- mond, she swiped a cookie.

And that's where the caper crumbled.

Police say that around 8 p.m. Wednesday, a witness spotted the 22-year-old Midlothian woman running from the restaurant at 3708 Stony Point Road and into a waiting cab.

Police were called, and a short time later, officers located the cab and arrested the woman in a nearby supermarket.

Police spokeswoman Cynthia Price said Roman had earlier paid for a sandwich at the restaurant but told the taxi driver she needed to go back and get a cookie.

When she returned, Price said Roman handed the clerk a note demanding money from the register. Price said the clerk refused, so Roman grabbed a cookie and then ran back out to the cab, whose driver had no idea what was going on.

Roman was charged with robbery, a felony punishable by a maximum penalty of life in prison.

Investigators did not release the identity of the cookie.

Roman's lawyer did not return a call seeking comment last night.

Price said Roman was carrying more than $15 in cash when she was apprehended.

The cookie cost $1.

She never got to eat it.

-- Jim Nolan

[KaiGywer]

Investigators did not release the identity of the cookie.