A suspect has been charged with robbing a Bank of Montreal last week. Credit: Contributed

Arrest made in Kelowna bank robbery

KELOWNA – An arrest was made over the weekend in connection with a robbery at a Bank of Montreal in Kelowna two days before Christmas.

Tayler Verhaegen, 23, has been charged with one count of robbery.

RCMP Const. Kris Clark says the arrest was made after a man stole an undisclosed amount of cash from the Capri Mall Bank of Montreal on Tuesday, Dec. 23.

Verhaegen is accused of using a plastic strap to tie shut the front doors, jumping over the counter and demanding money.

According to court services online, Verhaegen has no prior convictions and is being held in custody.

To contact the reporter for this story, email Adam Proskiw at aproskiw@infonews.ca or call 250-718-0428. To contact the editor, email mjones@infonews.ca or call 250-718-2724.

— This story was updated at 11:15 a.m. Jan. 8, 2016 to change the number of charges against Verhaegen.

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Adam Proskiw

Adam has lived in B.C. most of his life. He was born in the Caribou, grew up in the Okanagan, went to university on Vancouver Island and worked as a news photographer in Vancouver. His favourite stories incorporate meaningful photography and feature interesting, passionate locals. He studied writing at UVic and photojournalism in California. He loves talking tractors, dogs and cameras and is always looking for a good story.


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