Man arrested after Cambridge armed robbery: police

File photo of a Waterloo Regional Police vehicle. (Sidra Jafri/CTV News)

A man has been arrested after an armed robbery in Cambridge Tuesday afternoon.

At around 1:20 p.m., Waterloo Regional Police were called to a business around the area of Hespeler Road and Avenue Road.

Police said they determined a man was asked by an employee to leave the store and he refused. The man armed himself with a box cutter and didn’t let the employee leave. The man ran away after police were called. Officers found the suspect nearby and arrested him.

No one was hurt.

A 55-year-old man was charged with robbery with a weapon, weapons dangerous, forcible confinement, failing to comply with release order and two counts of failing to comply with probation order.

Police said that anyone with information on the incident is encouraged to call the Waterloo Regional Police at 519-570-9777, extension 8255.