WINNIPEG – Police have arrested one man and are still searching for another suspect after two robberies on a transit bus.
Two women had their cell phone’s stolen on separate buses in the morning on July 27.
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The first woman was sitting in the bus at Mountain and Arlington when two men came up from behind her and took her phone at about 10:00 a.m.
An hour and a half after that, another woman was on a bus at Inkster Avenue and Arlington Street when a man snatched her phone out of her hands and ran away.
Both victims were not injured.
Winnipeg police identified both suspects, arresting and charging 23-year-old Kyle James Letandre from Winnipeg.
Officers are asking for the public’s help with finding 20-year-old Walter Aaron Russell Bear. Anyone with information can contact police at (204) 986-2848 or CrimeStoppers at (204) 786-TIPS.
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