A 45-year-old London man is accused of shoplifting several items from a north-end business and then using a hammer to threaten a security guard who tried to stop the theft.
According to London police, a man walked into the unnamed business in the area of Fanshawe Park Road East and Adelaide Street North around 8:50 a.m. Monday and began putting items in a cart. The man is alleged to have tried to conceal the items before leaving the store without paying.
When a security guard tried to stop the man outside of the store, the man pulled out a hammer and made threats, police said.
The man then took off from the area on a bicycle.
The security guard was not physically hurt.
Police were called and a man was arrested nearby.
All of the stolen items were recovered, police said.
A London man, 45, is charged with robbery. He is scheduled to appear in London court on December 5.
