BANGOR, Maine — On Monday, October 5, Bangor Police responded to a reported robbery at a Big Apple convenience store on State Street around 4:30 p.m.
Their investigation revealed that the incident was a case of shoplifting that was stopped by a confrontation between the suspect and a customer.
As a result of the confrontation, the suspect decided not to steal the property, however, a verbal argument continued between the two men.
Police say, at one point during the argument, the suspect showed a knife then fled the store. A Bangor Police canine unit began a track of the suspect and eventually located him on Center Street.
As a result of this investigation, Michael Decarvalho, 29, of Bangor has been arrested and charged with attempted theft and criminal threatening with a dangerous weapon.
Decarvalho was taken to the Penobscot County Jail.
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