BANGOR, Maine — A man was arrested at the Bangor Walmart for robbery Saturday night.
On March 23, around 5 p.m., Bangor police arrested 19-year-old Niri Scott of Portage Lake after he allegedly showed a knife to Walmart employees while attempting to leave the store with a shopping cart full of alcohol, the Bangor Police Department said in a Tuesday news release.
According to officials, employees saw Scott push the cart into the parking area of a nearby business and get into a vehicle. When police eventually stopped the vehicle on Hogan Road, the suspect was no longer in it.
Scott was found a short time later behind a business on Hogan Road where he admitted to stealing the alcohol but denied brandishing a knife, Bangor police Sergeant Jason Ambley said.
Approximately $300 of alcohol was recovered. Scott was charged with Robbery, a class B felony and he was transported to Penobscot County Jail, according to the release.