A Guelph man is charged with robbery after a store clerk was threatened for refusing to sell beer after-hours.
Just after 2 a.m. Thursday, a man arrived in an Uber to a business on Speedvale Avenue East. He attempted to buy three cans of beer but was told by the clerk he could not sell them due to the time. The man left the store, but came back in a short time later and asked if the clerk would sell him beer if he had a gun pointed at him.
During the conversation the man had his hands in his pockets and was fidgeting, causing the clerk to fear he had a weapon. When the clerk picked up the phone to call police the man grabbed six more beers and left the store.
He was located a short time later and placed under arrest.
A 25-year-old Guelph man is charged with robbery and disobeying a court order. He will appear in court May 23.