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At 12:41 p.m., East Division Patrol Officers responded to a robbery call at the On Stop Shop convenience store, 269 Windmill Road in Dartmouth. A female suspect entered the business and threatened the male employee with a needle. She demanded money, the cash register fell to the floor, she punched the employee in the face and then fled with an undisclosed amount of cash. The employee was treated at the scene by EHS. The suspect was arrested a short while later on Gottingen Street in Halifax. A 34-year-old Halifax women will be held for Dartmouth Court on Monday, charged with assault with a weapon, threats, robbery and weapons offences.