A man from Standoff, Alta., has been charged with robbery with an offensive weapon and failing to comply with a probation order.Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press
A southern Alberta man is in custody after a report that a nine-year-old was robbed of food by a person armed with an axe.
RCMP in Coaldale responded to the call Saturday afternoon.
They say officers were on scene within minutes and arrested a man at a nearby residence.
Police say no one was injured, but the suspect was alleged to be failing to comply with conditions relating to a previous conviction of a robbery in Lethbridge, Alta.
A 22-year-old man of Standoff, Alta., has been charged with robbery with an offensive weapon and failing to comply with a probation order.
He has been remanded in custody and is scheduled to appear in court in Lethbridge on Wednesday.