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Man arrested, charged in string of Sask. bank robberies

Thursday afternoon, RCMP from Milestone received a complaint of a robbery at a financial institution in the community of Lang. A man wearing a helmet and visor entered the bank and gave the employee a note demanding money. He then fled on foot. RCMP

REGINA – Mounties have made an arrest after several rural Saskatchewan banks were robbed in November 2015. Between Nov. 9 and Nov. 26, banks in Grenfell, Vibank, Sedley and Lang were robbed by a man wearing a disguise.

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An extensive investigation by police detachments in southern Saskatchewan lead to the arrest of a Regina man, who is now facing charges in connection to all four bank robberies.

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Timothy Holowachuk, 20, is facing a total of eight charges including four counts of robbery and four counts of wearing a disguise with intent to commit an indictable offence.

Holowachuk will make his first court appearance on Friday Feb. 12.

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