Peterborough Police Seeking Information of a Friday Morning Convenience Store Robbery
/The Peterborough Police Service is looking to the public for assistance in connection with a robbery and assault at a convenience store early Friday morning.
Photo by David Tuan Bui.
At approximately 2:30 a.m., officers were called to the King Street and Bethune Street area convenience store. Officers learned that the male clerk was helping a customer when a second man came into the store demanding money and brandishing a baseball bat. A struggle ensued and the clerk was struck with the bat before grabbing the bat away from the suspect according to the police report. The suspect then fled the store with the clerk following the suspect and struck him several times with the baseball bat on the sidewalk. The suspect suffered head injuries and is in a Toronto hospital receiving treatment. The 22-year-old clerk was treated at the scene by EMS.
As a result of the investigation, a warrant for arrest was issued for the 37-year-old male suspect for robbery, assault with a weapon and possession of a weapon.
The 22-year-old clerk from Peterborough was also arrested and charged with:
Aggravated Assault
