Man takes off with dough from Halifax bakery: police

Police are looking for a man who robbed a bakery in Halifax Wednesday night.

Halifax Regional Police say the robbery at The Cake Lady on Lower Water Street happened just before 8 p.m.

Police say a man knocked on the rear door of the business, and when the employee answered the suspect “appeared to be holding a knife in his sleeve and demanded money.”

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Police say the suspect took some cash then ran away. There were no injuries.

Officers are looking for a heavy set 5’9” white man with a short scruffy beard and facial acne.

At the time of the crime, he was wearing a grey hoodie with the hood up, blue and green checkered shorts and dirty white sneakers.

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Anyone with information on the incident is asked to contact Halifax Regional Police or Crime Stoppers.