Investigation
Needs Store Robbery and Arrest Incident
Date Published: 2013-02-20
Province: Nova Scotia
Police Agency: Halifax Regional Police
Summary
On June 13, 2012 at 2:55a.m., Halifax Regional Police (HRP) received notice of a robbery alarm from the Needs Store on Chebucto Road, Halifax. The Affected Person (AP) in this matter had entered the store in an attempt to rob cigarettes. He covered his face with a face cloth and threatened the clerk with a pizza cutter. The clerk trigger ed the alarm while he placed cigarettes into a garbage bag behind the counter. In response to the alarm, Officer 1arrived on the scene at 2:58a.m. AP then attempted to flee the store without any cigarettes when he observed the police vehicle drive up. Officer 1immediately attempted to arr est AP outside of the store. Abrief struggle ensued. Officer 1was able to hang on to AP while lying on the ground with AP on top of him. Officers 2and 3arrived very shortly after and assisted with controlling AP. Several other police arrived to assist as well. From this point forward AP was cooperat ive with police. He was placed in the police van at 3:12a.m. an…