--- description: Zachary Torrance says he didn’t lose weight title: Subway Robbery Suspect Wanted Money Back After Jared Diet Failed image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Subway Robbery Suspect Said 'Jared' Diet Failed  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 31, 2014 8:10 PM CUT  by [Denver Nicks](/author/denver-nicks/)  ## Denver Nicks Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 31, 2014 8:10 PM CUT The man suspected of robbing a string of Subway sandwich shops in Alabama [told](http://www.alabamas13.com/story/27177270/subway-robber-told-authorities-jared-diet-didnt-work-for-him "undefined") authorities he did it because the “Jared diet” didn’t work for him, and he wanted his money back. Jared is the name of a man who became a spokesperson for Subway after he purportedly lost a significant amount of weight by going on a diet consisting solely of fare from the sandwich chain. Zachary Torrance, 18, was arrested at a Hueytown, Alabama, Walmart, after a citizen matched his face to surveillance footage. Torrance is suspected in Subway store robberies in Birmingham, Midfield and Adamsville, WVTM Birmingham reports. \[[WVTM](http://www.alabamas13.com/story/27177270/subway-robber-told-authorities-jared-diet-didnt-work-for-him "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3551766/subway-robbery-jared-diet/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3551766/subway-robbery-jared-diet/"},"headline":"Subway Robbery Suspect Said 'Jared' Diet Failed","datePublished":"2014-10-31T20:10:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:14:15.707Z","description":"Zachary Torrance says he didn’t lose weight","url":"https://time.com/3551766/subway-robbery-jared-diet/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Crime","diet","alabama","subway"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Denver Nicks","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/denver-nicks/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3551766/subway-robbery-jared-diet/","name":"Subway Robbery Suspect Said 'Jared' Diet Failed"}}]}] ```