Police arrest man accused of cutting store cashier in struggle

TORONTO, Ont. – A 27-year-old man who allegedly injured a worker with a box cutter while attempting to rob a convenience store has been arrested, according to a news release from the Toronto Police Service (TPS). The incident occurred on Dec. 24, when a man entered the downtown store and demanded cash from the 19-year-old cashier while brandishing a box cutter, police said. The employee resisted, and a lengthy struggle ensued, during which the cashier received minor injuries from the knife. Eventually, the worker overpowered the man and ejected him from the store, and the man fled without having obtained any money, police said. On Jan. 31, the TPS apprehended Toronto resident Stefan Bovaconti, who faces charges of armed robbery, weapon possession and mischief, as well as three counts of failing to comply with probation. Bovaconti made his first court appearance on Feb. 1.

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