Update: Armed robbery, Aspley
Police have charged a man following the alleged armed robbery of a woman at Aspley this afternoon.
It will be alleged around 12.15pm a man approached the woman who was seated in a vehicle at a shopping centre carpark at the corner of Gayford Street and Albany Creek Road.
The man produced a small knife and demanded the woman hand over her handbag. When the woman refused, the man pulled the woman from the vehicle taking her handbag and running from the scene on foot.
The 66-year-old woman received non-life-threatening injuries to her face and left arm and was transported to hospital for treatment.
Police located a man matching the description provided by the woman on Gympie Road a short time later. Subsequently police were able to recover the woman’s hand bag.
It will be further alleged a man entered a sports club in Kirby Road Aspley on June 12 and threatened a staff member before leaving with a sum of money.
It will be further alleged a man entered a cafe in Robertson Road Aspley around 2pm yesterday, July 11. He threatened a female staff member with a knife before leaving the business with the tip jar.
A 49-year-old Aspley man has been charged with two counts of armed robbery, one count of robbery and two counts of stealing.
He is expected to appear at the Brisbane Magistrates Court tomorrow, July 13.
