Shoplifter Arrested By Off-Duty Officer
/An off-duty officer, who was grocery shopping, helped the store arrest a 63-year-old Peterborough man in a shoplifting incident Wednesday evening.
Photo by David Tuan Bui.
At roughly 6 p.m., the officer was in the store located at the intersection of Towerhill Road and Chemong Road and became aware that store staff had stopped a man attempting to leave the store without paying for over $350 worth of items. The officer took the man into custody.
During the investigation, it was learned that the man was wanted on warrants for assault, assault with a weapon, failure to comply with an undertaking and failure to attend court.
The man was arrested on the strength of the warrants and further charged with:
Theft under $5,000
