Man charged in connection to robberies at Shoppers Drug Mart

Phillip Wayne MacLeod faces multiple charges including robbery, assault with a weapon and theft, among others

CityNews Halifax Staff

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Regional police have charged a man in connection to two incidents involving robbery and assault earlier this year.

On Jan. 8, officers responded to a robbery at the Shoppers Drug Mart on Spring Garden Road, where a man came into the store, stole merchandise, assaulted an employee and fled the area on foot.

Then on Feb. 18, officers responded to an assault at the same store where the same man came in, stole merchandise, sprayed an employee with insect repellant and fled the area on foot.

The suspect was then arrested on Feb. 28 without incident.

Phillip Wayne MacLeod, 51, was scheduled to appear in Halifax provincial court Wednesday to face multiple charges, including robbery, assault with a weapon and theft, among others.

Macleod also had an arrest warrant for failing to attend court concerning 25 other incidents throughout the province in 2022.