UPDATE: A suspect who allegedly robbed a gas station twice on the same weekend was arrested Oct. 3.

Ironically, the man was grabbed by police as he fled officers through the Kozlov Mall parking lot toward the same Petro Canada station that was robbed.

A citizen tipped police to the suspect's location after seeing social media reports. The male was stopped in his tracks by an off duty police officer at about 5:45 p.m. and arrested by attending officers. He was taken to the Barrie Police Service to await a bail hearing Oct. 4.

On Sept. 30 at 2:50 a.m., police were called to the Petro Canada at 360 Bayfield St. regarding an apparent robbery. A man entered the store and selected a few chocolate bars and four packages of cigarettes before asking the employee for scissors.