A man will face court following an alleged armed robbery in Jesmond yesterday.

Just after 5.30pm (Saturday 24 May 2014), a man armed with a crowbar entered a grocery store on Hirst Street and allegedly demanded money from a female employee.

He fled the scene with cash a short time later.

Officers attached to Newcastle Local Area Command on patrol at a department store on Blue Gum Road when they stopped and searched a 25-year-old man, allegedly locating cash.

The man ran from police and, following a search, police located and arrested the man at a shopping village on Turton Road, Waratah.

He was taken to Newcastle Police Station, where he was charged with robbery armed with offensive weapon.

The man was refused bail, to appear at Newcastle Local Court tomorrow (Monday 26 May 2014).