Steven Rutkowski of Newburgh was restrained after threatening store employees with the knife and pushing one employee to the ground just before 2 p.m., police said.
Store security employees and Rutkowski engaged in a scuffle, police said, the suspect pushing one of the employees to the ground and, at some point, displaying a knife.
He has been charged felony robbery, felony weapon possession, misdemeanor possession of stolen property, petit larceny and menacing.
He was arraigned remanded to the Rockland County Jail.
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