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Kelowna Armed Robbery

Police check possible link between Kelowna restaurant robberies

KELOWNA - Police are investigating the possible connection between the robbery of a pizza restaurant on Sunday to a similar incident at a frozen yogurt store last week. Kelowna RCMP spokesman Const. Jesse O’Donghey says in a media release investigators are looking at the  similarities of the two incidents and will be reviewing security footage...

Kelowna frozen yogurt store target of armed robbery

KELOWNA - An employee of a frozen yogurt store was forced to turn over an unknown amount of money to an armed robber last night in Kelowna. A lone masked male entered the store in the 2400 block of Highway 97 North and showed the handle of a gun before demanding money around 8:30 p.m.,...

Kelowna cops collar suspected armed robber with thing for Subway

KELOWNA - Police managed to collar a man who robbed two Subway sandwich shops and attempted to rob a third in the city yesterday. Police eventually caught up to the 29-year-old suspect but not before he escaped custody once, briefly led police on a chase and later tried to evade police again on foot, according...

Bystanders tackle armed jewelry store robber

KELOWNA – Two suspects remain at large in Kelowna after an armed robbery at a downtown jewelry store Tuesday evening. The robbery happened just after 5 p.m. when police were called to the 1200 block of Cannery Lane. According to a release sent by Cpl. Joe Duncan, two men entered the store, locked the doors...