VICTORIA --
Nanaimo RCMP have arrested a man after he allegedly attempted to steal from several local businesses and an elderly man on Tuesday.
The incident began around 2:20 p.m. when Mounties were called to Woodgrove Centre for reports of a man attempting to shoplift from a Sport Chek in the mall.
Police say the man allegedly swiped some clothes from the Sport Chek and fled into the mall's parking lot. There, he was reportedly spotted trying to remove security tags from the clothes by beating them with a rock.
The man eventually gave up on the clothing when he failed to remove the tags and left the clothes in the parking lot, according to RCMP.