Colorado Springs police arrested a man armed with a machete after a shoplifting incident turned into an armed robbery on Sunday, according to an online blotter entry.

Ian Almeida, 35, faces several felony and misdemeanor charges in connection with the incident, police said.

Officers responded to a 9:20 a.m. call about a robbery at a store in the 500 block of South Nevada Avenue. Police were told that the suspect had been shoplifting before threatening a store employee with a knife.

Officers found the suspect outside a motel in the 200 block of East Cimarron Street. The man was carrying a machete and pretending to be armed with a handgun, officials said.

Officers used “less-lethal” police equipment to subdue the suspect, later identified as Almeida, and took him into custody.