Suspect arrested 6 months after robbery at Vancouver Island grocery store

Police in Sidney are thanking the public after “timely information from community members” led them to arrest a man wanted on an outstanding warrant.

Mark Nathan Mulschlegel was wanted for robbery with a firearm and possession of stolen property under $5,000, Sidney/North Saanich RCMP said in a news release Friday.

The charges stem from a robbery at a grocery store in Sidney, according to police.

The 41-year-old suspect was spotted on Thursday and arrested by Sooke RCMP, the Sidney detachment said. It did not specify where in the Sooke RCMP’s jurisdiction Mulschlegel was arrested.

Mulschlegel remains in custody, police said.

Online court records indicate that the offences allegedly occurred on Sept. 17, 2025, and the charges were approved two days later.

Mulschlegel made an initial appearance in court on Friday and is scheduled to make his next appearance on April 8 in Victoria.

The Sidney incident appears to be far from the first time Mulschlegel has run afoul of the law.

A man named Mark Nathan Mulschlegel who was born in 1985 is the subject of nearly two dozen entries in B.C.’s Court Services Online system, though most of the charges he has faced are violation tickets for motor vehicle infractions.

In May 2024, however, he was charged with two counts of possession of stolen property over $5,000 and breaching a release order. Court records indicate he was found guilty of one of the possession counts as well as the breach.

The charges stemmed from an incident in Maple Ridge.

At the time, Ridge Meadows RCMP said in a news release that they had recovered more than $200,000 worth of “stolen commercial equipment,” including a Bobcat compact excavator, after following a theft victim’s GPS locator.

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