WATERVILLE, Maine — A Liberty man is facing felony charges after police say he robbed a shoe store Friday evening in Waterville.

Waterville police said they received a report shortly before 7 p.m. on Aug. 8 that a man had stolen an undisclosed amount of money from the Shoe Dept. Encore at 40 JFK Plaza. Store employees provided officers with a description of the suspect and his vehicle.

About 10 minutes later, officers spotted the vehicle on Carter Memorial Drive and conducted a traffic stop. The driver, identified as 58-year-old Kirby Bradford of Liberty, was detained at the scene, according to police.

Investigators executed a search warrant on Bradford’s vehicle and said they recovered evidence related to the robbery. Bradford was arrested and charged with robbery, a class B felony, an

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