Peterborough Man and Women Arrested For Robbing A Home Depot and Harming An Officer and Security Guard
/Two Peterborough residents are facing robbery charges after an incident at a Home Depot on Wednesday evening.
Photo courtesy of the Peterborough Police Service.
At roughly 6:15 p.m., officers were called to the Home Depot at Lansdowne Street and Park Street about a disturbance. Officers learned that a man and a woman had left the store without paying for items and when confronted by a loss prevention officer, the woman attempted to strike the officer with a bag of merchandise and then struck him in the back of the head as he was returning to the store. During the altercation, the loss prevention officer and a security guard were also pushed and grabbed by the man the woman was with.
As a result:
A 45-year-old Peterborough man was arrested and charged with:
Robbery with Violence
Investigators learned the accused was wanted in connection with a shoplifting incident at the same store in March last year.
The accused was further charged with:
Theft under $5,000 - Shoplifting
A 37-year-old Peterborough woman was arrested and charged with:
Robbery with Violence
