The man's behavior then took some odd turns, Postmedia News said.
Soon after his dine-and-dash was discovered, a gas station next door reported a man had held a screwdriver to a cashier's neck and stole cash.
As police were responding, the hostess at the restaurant said the man who had left without paying showed up and paid his bill. When he saw police cars arriving for the holdup next door, he ran out, the report said.
De Jong said for some reason,the man returned to the restaurant again an hour later and ordered another beer.
Before he could finish it, he was arrested and charged with robbery, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose and fraudulently obtaining food, the RCMP said.
The suspect, Corey Henderson, was released on bail and is scheduled to appear in court Sept. 7, the report said.
