A GAS STATION IN THE 200 BLOCK OF EAST ALISAL STREET WAS ROBBED AT GUNPOINT FRIDAY NIGHT AT 7:42 P.M. THE SUSPECT IN THAT ROBBERY WAS LAST SEEN RUNNING TOWARDS CALIFORNIA ALLEY. JUST 7 MINUTES LATER, EMPLOYEES OF A BURGER KING, IN THE 900 BLOCK OF SOUTH MAIN STREET, CALLED SALINAS POLICE TO SAY THE RESTAURANT HAD JUST BEEN ROBBED, AND THE SUSPECT HAD GOTTEN INTO A TAXICAB. 42 YEAR-OLD ROBERT GREATHOUSE JUNIOR WAS CAUGHT A SHORT TIME LATER (AFTER HE HAD THE DRIVER OF THE CAB DROP HIM OFF AT THE END OF A DEAD-END STREET). ALTHOUGH GREATHOUSE TRIED TO FLEE FROM OFFICERS THERE, HE WAS STOPPED AND ARRESTED. HE WAS BOOKED INTO MONTEREY COUNTY JAIL ON CHARGES OF ROBBERY AND KIDNAPPING. A SHORT TIME AFTER THAT ROBBERY A 23 YEAR-OLD MAN WAS ROBBED WHILE WALKING ON WEST ALISAL STREET (NEAR CAYUGA). THE SUSPECT GOT AWAY WITH A WALLET IN THAT INCIDENT.