The Chatham-Kent police have arrested a man following a shoplifting incident in Chatham.
Around 1:30 p.m. yesterday afternoon, police responded to Sobeys on Park Avenue in regards to a theft complaint. A man entered the store and placed razors and blades with a total value of $300 in a shopping bag. The man exited the store without making any attempt to pay for the merchandise. An employee pursued the man causing him to drop the bag. Officers were given the man’s physical description as he fled on foot.
Just before 4:00 p.m. officers located the man walking on Edgar Street and he was arrested. The 35-year-old man of no fixed address has been charged with theft under $5000 and possession of property obtained by a crime under $5000. He has been held in custody pending a bail hearing.