Peterborough Man Arrested For Robbery After Allegedly Brandishing a Knife On a Teen For Their Bicycle
/A 41-year-old Peterborough man is facing charges after a bike robbery involving drawing a knife on a teenager on Friday evening.
Photo courtesy of the Peterborough Police Service.
At roughly 8 p.m., officers were called to a street-level robbery in progress nearf Simcoe Street and Aylmer Street. They learned that a man brandishing a knife had demanded that a 15-year-old victim hand over their bicycle. The victim did and immediately called police. Officers located a man matching the description given to police with a bicycle matching the description a short distance away. The man was taken into custody and the bicycle was returned to the victim, who was not injured in the incident.
During a search of the suspect and his property after arrest, officers located and seized a pocketknife.
The man was arrested and charged with:
Robbery with Theft
Fail to Comply with Probation Order
