Shoplifters arrested after security guards threatened with weapons
Vancouver Canada December 12 2019
Three people have been arrested in two shoplifting incidents in which security guards were threatened with weapons.
The first case took place Dec. 6 around noon, when a man was spotted allegedly stealing alcohol from a B.C. Liquor Store on Commercial Drive.
A security guard arrested the man and put him in handcuffs. Despite that, police allege, the man pulled a knife on the officer and fled. Vancouver police found and arrested the man.
Tyler Fitzpatrick, 20, is charged with offences linked to the liquor-store arrest and remains in custody. Fitzpatrick was wanted on warrants issued in several B.C. communities at the time of his arrest.
In another incident, on Dec. 8, police allege a man was caught trying to steal hundreds of dollars’ worth of clothing from Lululemon in Kitsilano. When a security guard tried to stop him, the man brandished a can of bear spray and fled the store.
