A 25-year-old man from Prince Edward Island has been charged following an armed robbery in Moncton.
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New Brunswick RCMP say the robbery at a gas station on Main Street happened at around 4:30 a.m. on Friday.
Police say a man had walked into the gas station armed with a weapon and demanded money from the cashier.
According to police, he left the business with an undisclosed amount of cash and nobody was injured.
Aaron Charles Lea was arrested a few blocks away a short time later and is now facing charges of robbery and failing to comply with a probation order.
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He remains in custody and is scheduled to appear in Moncton provincial court on Wednesday for a bail hearing.
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