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Former broadcaster Steve Vogelsang charged in bank robberies fined for protection breach

Steve Vogelsang, 53, a person of interest in a Saskatoon bank robbery on July 31, 2017.
Steve Vogelsang, 54 ,is accused of robbing several banks. Saskatoon Police Service / Supplied

MEDICINE HAT, Alta. – A former sports broadcaster and journalism instructor who is accused of robbing banks in Alberta and Saskatchewan has pleaded guilty to four unrelated charges of breaching a protection order.

The lawyer for Steve Vogelsang entered the pleas on Tuesday in Medicine Hat, Alta., where a judge ordered the 54-year-old accused to pay fines totalling $800.

Vogelsang was not in court and did not appear via closed-circuit television from Regina, where he’s being held.

Court heard that the protection order – which had been sought by Vogelsang’s ex-girlfriend – was breached in Winnipeg last August when he tried to make contact with the woman.

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Vogelsang was arrested on robbery charges last fall after six holdups in Saskatoon, Regina and Medicine Hat between July and
October of last year.

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His case has been adjourned to Aug. 23 for a pre-trial conference.

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