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London police lay charges after knife-wielding man bounced out of bar robs restaurant

The side of a London police cruiser, September 6, 2017. Matthew Trevithick / Global News

London police have charged a suspect who was bounced out of a bar and then allegedly held up a restaurant all within minutes of each other.

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Officers say that around 11:45 p.m. on Wednesday, a man was kicked out of a bar on Richmond Street near Central Avenue.

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According to police, the man pulled out a knife and began waving it at the bar’s security staff before going into a nearby restaurant and demanding cash.

The man received an undisclosed amount of cash after threatening employees with the knife but as he turned to leave, police arrived.

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The suspect went back inside the restaurant to try to hide and assaulted an employee in the process. The employee was not injured.

The 27-year-old was apprehended and now faces charges of armed robbery, assault with a weapon, assault, possession of a weapon, and breach of probation.

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