Mooloolaba alleged armed robbery: Police arrest 47-year-old man
Detectives have arrested a man for the alleged armed robbery of a Sunshine Coast newsagency where he bizarrely apologised to the shop attendant.
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Police have charged a man following a bizarre alleged robbery where he apologised to a young newsagent attendant as he robbed the store in Mooloolaba.
Sunshine Coast Criminal Investigation Branch detectives arrested a 47-year-old Mooloolaba man after he allegedly robbed the newsagency in Mantra Sirocco in Mooloolaba.
Senior Sergeant Craig Mansfield said the man allegedly demanded money while he brandished a long bladed knife, similar to a fishing knife.
The female attendant in her 20s handed over a sum of cash to the man.
Police allege he fled to an undercover car park beneath the shop and left in a vehicle.
Sergeant Mansfield said there’s a suggestion the man was “apologetic” and “desperate” when he allegedly robbed the newsagent with a weapon.
“He said words to the effect of ‘I’m sorry I just need to do this’,” he said.
The man was charged with armed robbery and stealing and will appear in Maroochydore Magistrates Court on July 22, 2022.
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