Police say Dylan Larose, who has been charged in several North Battleford, Sask., armed robberies is also wanted for a robbery in Saskatoon.
On Jan. 25, a man armed with a bat entered a store in the 2500-block of Dawes Avenue in Saskatoon and demanded money from an employee. An undisclosed amount of money was stolen and no injuries were reported.
A vehicle was identified as being involved in the robbery as well as a theft at a gas station earlier that day in Saskatoon.
The vehicle was recovered in North Battleford on Jan. 30.
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Saskatoon police detectives worked with the Battlefords municipal general investigations unit to identify a person of interest.
On Feb. 8, a man walked into a business in the 100-block of 22nd Street West in the Battlefords. He showed staff a weapon and demanded money before fleeing the scene of the robbery. A police dog unit helped track him to a residence where he was arrested.
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Further investigation determined the same man may have been involved in two other armed robberies at other businesses in the Battlefords the previous week.
Battlefords RCMP charged Dylan Larose, 24, with multiple counts of robbery with a weapon, wearing a disguise with intent to commit an offence, failure to comply with a probation order and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.
Larose has been remanded and will appear in North Battleford provincial court on Wednesday.
He is suspected of committing the Jan. 25 in Saskatoon and warrants will be executed by Saskatoon police at the Wednesday court appearance.
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