An Ottawa man has been arrested after a string of robberies at commerical stores.
The Ottawa Police Robbery Unit had been investigating a string of commercial robberies since mid-December where the same male suspect would enter the store, produce a knife, and demand money.
No injuries have been reported.
On Christmas day. the suspect performed a similar action at a store at around 10:20 am where he pulled out a knife and demanded money.
He received an undisclosed amount of cash.
A member of the public witnessed the events transpire and chased after the suspect after he fled the store.
The citizen engaged the suspect in a confrontation that ended in a citizen's arrest without incident.
Officers soon arrived after a store clerk called to report the citizen's arrest.
34-year-old Kamalpreet Brar of Ottawa is charged with the following:
Brar was also charged in relation to four other store robberies:
He is expected to be in show cause court today.