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One person was arrested in Cardinal following reports of a pair of robberies on Tuesday morning.
The Ontario Provincial Police, in an online post, said the Grenville detachment received a call shortly before 11:30 a.m. from an employee that the suspect had assaulted another worker and stolen cigarettes from a store on County Road 2.
A short time later, the post said, a second theft was reported from a nearby public facility, the post said, adding that multiple 911 calls by area residents reported the suspect running through yards.
At 12:40 p.m., officers located the suspect and made an arrest following a brief foot chase. The individual remained in custody as of Tuesday afternoon, police posted.
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