Guelph police laid robbery charges after they say a store clerk was assaulted during a theft on Monday.
Police say a man went into a store on Gordon and Wellington Street just before 10.a.m. and asked a clerk to check his lottery ticket.
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Investigators said the customer became upset after the clerk told him his ticket didn’t win. He then started walking around the store and placed items in a backpack, police said.
Police said he was confronted by the clerk when he tried to leave the store, and he pushed the clerk and fled.
Officers arrested him a short distance away.
The clerk wasn’t hurt.
A 28-year-old from Guelph was held for a bail hearing on Tuesday.
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