A 27-year-old Prince George man is in custody after allegedly pulling an edged weapon on staff who were attempting to stop him from fleeing a big box store in the Westgate shopping centre with a television on Monday afternoon.
Prince George RCMP, who were called to the scene at about 3 p.m., deployed a dog service team and a helicopter, as well as several general duty members, and about 40 minutes later a suspect was arrested in the parking lot of the Ecole College Heights elementary school.
"Some students and parents were on the school property at the time, but no one was hurt," RCMP said.
RCMP said the suspect is well known to police and was wanted on a warrant for allegedly breaching the conditions of an undertaking from another matter.
The man was to be held in custody overnight at least until his first court appearance on Tuesday.
