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FORT FRANCES – Police charged a 41-year-old man with robbery of a Fort Frances business on Sunday.
Fort Frances Ontario Provincial Police were dispatched to a business on Sunday around 4:48 p.m. after receiving a report of a male brandishing a wooden-handled tool when confronted by store staff about not paying for merchandise. The man fled the store on foot.
Police say staff provided officers with a description of the man.
Officers located the accused around 4:54 p.m. approximately two blocks away and placed him under arrest. A weapon identified as a picaroon was seized and the stolen merchandise was found.