WATERVILLE — An Oakland man was arrested Monday and charged with robbery after Shaw’s supermarket staff reported a man was shoplifting and assaultive to staff, according to police.

Timothy Klepser, 27, was unable to make bail and was taken after the incident to Kennebec County jail in Augusta, according to Maj. Jason Longley of the Waterville Police Department.

Police got a call from an employee of Shaw’s, located off Kennedy Memorial Drive, at 8:25 p.m. Monday, saying a man was in the store actively shoplifting general merchandise, Longley said.

Klepser had left the store by the time officers arrived, Longley said. Police found him at his home in Oakland, where he was assaultive to police and taken into custody at 8:56 p.m. after a short altercation.

Klepser was arrested and charged with robbery, refusing to submit to arrest, violating conditions of release, two counts of unlawful furnishing of a scheduled drug and unlawful possession of a scheduled drug — fentanyl and methamphetamine, according to Longley.

He said that due to Klepser’s behavior in the store, the charges were elevated from shoplifting to robbery.

“There were some drug charges as well, but that was because he was in possession of some illicit drugs at the time of his arrest,” Longley said.

Klepser is scheduled to appear Nov. 18 in Kennebec County Superior Court, he said.