A 30-year-old Irondale man who led police on a wild police chase through Birmingham that involved multiple wrecks, and the theft of a motorist’s car, has been charged in a Calera store robbery.

Raymond Elston Harris Jr. is charged in the Feb. 4 armed holdup at the 310 Marathon in Calera, police Chief David Hyche announced Tuesday.

Authorities said Harris entered the gas station about 6:40 p.m. that Tuesday wearing a mask and brandishing a handgun.

The suspect took money from the cash register and left in an SUV that was parked behind the business.

The following week, Harris, who is a convicted felon with a lengthy criminal history, was taken into custody in Birmingham after a lengthy chase.

Just before 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, Birmingham’s Crime Reduction Team located the wanted felony robbery suspect in the 1200 block of Bankhead Highway.

While attempting to take Harris into custody, the suspect hit a marked Birmingham police patrol vehicle and then fled.

A chase ensued from the city’s westside to the northside and back out west.

Along the way, the suspect hit a passing motorist, damaging two of the tires on his vehicle.

He abandoned his damaged vehicle and then robbed another motorist of a Toyota Corolla.

The pursuit continued back toward west Birmingham. Harris, police said, struck a second vehicle during the chase that resulted in minor injuries to the innocent motorist.

Dozens of officers joined in the search, as well as Jefferson County’s Star 1 helicopter. Jefferson County sheriff’s deputies also assisted.

Harris was eventually taken into custody by the Crime Reduction Team and the Special Enforcement Team at Avenue R and 32nd Street in Ensley.

Harris is also charged with 14 crimes in Jefferson County including robbery, attempted murder, and discharging a gun into an occupied building.

He remains held without in the Jefferson County Jaill.

“This investigation demonstrates what can and should be done when law enforcement and prosecutors work together across jurisdictional lines to bring a violent criminal to justice,’’ Hyche said. “Violent criminals pay no attention to jurisdictional boundaries when they offend. We don’t either when we go after them. The next step, which is equally if not more important is appropriate prosecution and sentencing to protect the public.”