NORTH BATTLEFORD - Update: Battlefords RCMP have made an arrest. Braden Zacharias, 25, has been charged with one count of robbery and one count of resisting arrest. He remains in custody and is scheduled to appear in North Battleford Provincial Court Monday morning. The property reported taken during this incident has also been recovered.
Original story: Battlefords RCMP are investigating a reported robbery at a business in south east North Battleford on Railway Avenue East Saturday.
Shortly after 9 a.m. on Feb. 11, a lone male approached the check-out counters near the business’s exit with merchandise in a shopping cart. When an employee approached and attempted to scan the merchandise to process the purchase, the male threatened the clerk and made it clear the clerk was to allow him to exit the store without paying and was ordered not to say anything.
The male then left pushing the cart west before employees lost sight of him.
Battlefords RCMP are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a suspect in the above incident.
Anyone with information on this incident is urged to call the Battlefords RCMP at 306-446-1720 or Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
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