By Dori Modney (@Dori_Modney on Twitter)

Liquor store employee bear-sprayed during robbery

Mar 27, 2017 | 12:32 PM

LETHBRIDGE –  Information is needed regarding the suspect in a robbery where the clerk at a liquor store was bear sprayed.

Around 6:50-pm on Saturday (March 25), an unknown woman entered Liquor Connection along the 1500 block of 9 Avenue South, selected a bottle of liquor from the shelf and walked to the checkout counter where she produced a can of bear spray and threatened the employee.

She then sprayed the employee in the face and fled the store.

The employee was taken to hospital by EMS and treated for non-life-threatening injuries.  

Anyone who can identify the suspect or has information about the robbery is asked to contact police at 403-328-4444 or Crime Stoppers 1-800-222-8477. Anonymous Crime Stoppers tips can also be submitted online at www.tipsubmit.com

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