Patrons held at gunpoint
Armed-robbery suspect arrested in classroom -MB
Oct 18 2006
By Aldo Santin
A 15-year-old student from Springfield Collegiate in Oakbank was arrested at his classroom today after it was alleged he had used a handgun to rob a nearby gas bar and convenience store during his lunch break.
RCMP spokesman Sgt. Steve Saunders said a gas bar in Oakbank was robbed at about 12:40 p.m. by a young person wearing a hoodie and sunglasses.
Saunders said the robber had threatened the gas bar clerk with a handgun and made off with a quantity of cigarettes.
Saunders said officers were able to quickly determine a suspect's identity and believed he was a student at the nearby Springfield Collegiate, located about three blocks east of the school.
Officers went to the school shortly after 1 p.m., Saunders said, adding they contacted the school's principal who escorted them to the boy's classroom.
"He was arrested straight out of the classroom," Saunders said, adding the boy surrendered peacefully to the officers. Saunders denied media reports that the investigating officers had entered the classroom with their weapons drawn. "It didn't happen," he said.
One of the owners of the robbed store, Country Convenience Esso, said the student came in and waved a gun at the 18-year-old female clerk. "She was very upset and had to go home afterwards," the owner, who asked not to be identified, said. "She didn't know if it was real or fake. He got a gym bag full of cigarettes and then ran back to the school."
Sunrise School Division superintendent Dwayne Brothers said the RCMP had informed the community's three schools that the armed robbery had taken place and that an armed person was in the immediate area. Brothers said the schools -- an elementary school, a junior high school and the high school -- immediately implemented security measures, calling students in from lunch and locking all exterior doors.
Brothers said that shortly after 1 p.m., four RCMP officers came to the school and said they were searching for a suspect in an armed robbery who they believed was a student at the school.
Brothers took the officers to the student's classroom, where the principal identified the student during class.
"The officers asked the student to stand and told him he had to go with them," Brothers said. "One officer placed his hands on the student's arm and another officer took his other arm and they all walked out. It was all professionally done."
Cops hunting robber who hit store twice
May 27, 2006
City cops are on the lookout for a man who twice held up a northside convenience store.
A bandit twice robbed the 7-Eleven at 8210 160 Ave. earlier this month, cops say.
On May 8 at 1:22 a.m., he told the clerk he had a gun, although he didn't produce the weapon, police said.
He jumped over the counter and filled a pillow case with cash and smokes and told the clerk to lie on the floor as he made his escape.
On May 24 at 1:20 a.m., he returned to the same store and threatened the clerk with a knife. With the terrified clerk complying, the bandit jumped the counter, filled the pillow case and took off.
The man is between 20 and 25 years old, six feet, 150 pounds, with a thin build. He was wearing a dark bandanna. Read
Patrons held at gunpoint
SEVERAL customers at a gas station were ordered to lie on the floor at gunpoint during a robbery yesterday, police said.
A man entered the Esso station, 1693 King Edward St., armed with a long-barreled gun and obtained an undisclosed quantity of cash and cigarettes.
But before he could leave, a group of customers entered the store and were ordered to the floor, the spokesman said. There were no injuries.
The suspect was described as about 17 or 18 years old, small build, wearing a dark-coloured hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans and mask over his face.
GAS BAR ROBBED AT KNIFEPOINT
Cops are seeking a man who robbed a service station at knifepoint late Saturday.
Winnipeg police say the armed robbery happened shortly after 11 p.m. at a Domo gas bar in the 100 block of St. Anne's Road. The man stole cash and cigarettes and fled the store, police say.
He's described as a Caucasian male, between 20 and 25 years of age, who stands about 5-foot-10 and has a medium build.
He was wearing a black hoodie, blue jeans, a white baseball hat and a blue bandanna over his face at the time of the robbery.
In a separate heist that happened around 12:30 a.m. Saturday, someone robbed a Petro-Canada gas bar in the 1,000 block of Keewatin Street.
Cops say a man pulled a knife in the store and stole money and cigarettes. The suspect is a Caucasian male, about 5-foot-2 and 23 to 28 years old.
He's skinny, unshaven and was wearing a black nylon jacket and pants with white stripes, and a black baseball hat.
Boy, 15, charged in gas-bar heist
By STAFF Thu, May 26, 2005
A 15-year-old Winnipeg boy is accused of robbing a gas station earlier this month at knifepoint.
Shortly before 3 a.m. on May 14, a knife-toting male walked into the Petro-Canada gas bar in the 1,000 block of Keewatin Street and demanded cash.
The male, whose face was covered, fled after receiving an undisclosed amount of cash and cigarettes. Following an investigation, cops arrested a teenage suspect shortly before 1 p.m. Tuesday.
The teen, who cannot be identified under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, is charged with robbery with a weapon, wearing a disguise with criminal intent and failure to comply with conditions of an undertaking.
Teenagers charged in cigarette theft
Halifax Regional Police have charged five teenage boys in the recent theft of 1,000 cartons of cigarettes from a Cole Harbour service station.
Two 18-year-olds will appear in Dartmouth provincial court in August. A17- and 15-year-old will appear in youth court in July.
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