HRP release:
On May 23 at approximately 4:30 p.m., police responded to a theft at Sport Check, Halifax Shopping Centre. Police saw a man fleeing the store with unpaid merchandise and entering the passenger side of a vehicle waiting on Cook Avenue.
Officers stopped the vehicle, the suspect got out of the passenger side, confronted officers, and resisted arrest.
The arresting officer and suspect were transported by EHS to the hospital with minor injuries. Both were released from hospital and the suspect remained in police custody.
Brandon Rogers, 39, is scheduled to appear in Halifax provincial court today to face charges of:
- Theft under $5000
- Possession of stolen goods under $5000
- Breach of release order
- Resisting arrest
