SARATOGA SPRINGS — A 45-year-old Cohoes man was arrested for robbery Friday afternoon after he allegedly attempted to steal cigarettes from a Stewart’s Shop where two on-duty city police officers happened to be present.
The officers were in marked police cars in the parking lot of the Church Street store around 3 p.m. when an employee told them the man had forcibly taken cigarettes from behind the counter, according to a release from Saratoga Springs police.
When the officers attempted to arrest him, the man allegedly refused to comply with verbal commands, drew a knife and threatened them. He eventually dropped the knife and was taken into custody, police said…