PORTAGE, Mich. (WOOD) — A man who has been accused of robbing several Aldi stories across Michigan is facing “multiple felony charges” after being arrested in South Dakota, police say.
Kaleb Michael Schaffer, 34, faces at least three counts of armed robbery and is being held in the Kalamazoo County Jail without bond, according to the Portage Department of Public Safety.
Police say Shaffer was the man who walked into a Portage Aldi grocery store on S. Westnedge Avenue near E Milham Avenue on Dec. 10, asking to speak to the manager before implying he was armed and demanding money, police said. He was caught on surveillance camera wearing a mask and a hat pulled low. Then he did it again on Jan. 18, police say.
Police: Man robbed Portage grocery store, claiming to have gun
As Portage police investigated the robberies, they found similar incidents were happening at Aldi locations throughout the state around the same time. Each time, he would ask to talk to the manager and then demand money, saying he had a weapon…