RCMP arrest serial bank robber suspect at motel in northwestern Alberta
GRANDE PRAIRIE, Alta. – An RCMP tactical team has arrested a man wanted in up to nine bank robberies across Western Canada.
Mounties say a 26-year-old suspect was taken into custody Friday afternoon at a motel in Grande Prairie, Alta.
Police say no one was hurt in the takedown and charges are pending.
The first robbery police recorded was Dec. 1 in Princeton, B.C.
Eight days later, the same robber was 200 kilometres to the north, where he held up the Interior Savings Credit Union in Vernon.
Between Dec. 19 and Jan. 28, the same suspect jumped between the three provinces, holding up banks in High River, Alta., Merritt, B.C., Swift Current, Sask., Lethbridge, Alta., Claresholm, Alta., Langley, B.C., and Dawson Creek, B.C.
Police released photos of the man entering the banks he robbed and, in every one, he was dressed in black, wearing dark glasses and either a hoodie or a toque.
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4 responses
actually they guy is quite the hero…never hurt anyone, rob the criminals who are responsible for bankrupting the world…CANADA the richest nation in the world yet taxes and cost of living are off the scales…no wonder people are turning to crime…what choice to they have?
The Mounties always get their man!
BOOK HIM DANNO!
GOOD RCMP NOW YOUNG BANK CLERKS MAYBE CAN FEEL A MITE SAFER WHEN THEY GO TO WORK TODAY AND IN FUTURE;GIVE HIM A SENTENCE NO LESS THAN TWO LIFE SENTENCES CONSECUTIVE ;NO PROBLEM; HE WILL BE RELELEASED IN LN TIME FOR HIS MINOR CCP CHEQUES!