A 46-year-old Verdun man was charged with robbery after a security guard followed the man outside a Beaconsfield drugstore and he refused to come back inside to return stolen merchandise.
The arrest happened after a scuffle broke out between the man and the security guard in the parking lot outside the Pharmaprix at 50 St. Charles Blvd. on December 11 at about 1:55 p.m., said Montreal community relations officer Jean-Pierre Lévis at Station 1 in Kirkland.
The security guard managed to detain the man until police arrived on the scene. By that point, the man had already loaded the merchandise — food — into the trunk of a vehicle that sped off.
Had the man simply returned to the store, the incident would have been a misdemeanour, a case of shoplifting, Lévis said.
Police found the man was also wanted on an outstanding warrant.