Victim scoots past would-be robber in north Nanaimo

A would-be robber’s failed attempt at hijacking a scooter wound up with the victim, not the culprit, making a quick getaway.  According to Nanaimo RCMP, a person called police Sept. 20 at about 8 p.m. reporting he’d been threatened by an unknown man.  The caller said he was riding his scooter on Metral Drive, near the Real Canadian Superstore, when the man tried to stop him by pulling out a knife and demanding he hand over his scooter.  “The caller had other plans and booked it northbound on his scooter, leaving the suspect in his dust,” the report noted.  The suspect, described as a male wearing a black hoodie, black pants and carrying two bags, was last scene heading toward a nearby Starbucks on foot.  Anyone with information about the suspect is asked to contact the Nanaimo RCMP non-emergency line at 250-754-2345 and quote file No. 2025-30531