A 14-year-old has been charged in two separate bank robberies in the Halifax area.
In a release, Halifax Regional Police said around 1:15 p.m. on Monday, they responded to a robbery at the CIBC at 1809 Barrington Street, following a report that a man had entered the bank, demanded money from a cashier and fled on foot with a quantity of cash.
Later on, just before 6 p.m., officers responded to a robbery at the Toronto Dominion (TD) bank located at 97 Portland Street in Dartmouth. Again, the suspect had entered the bank, demanded money and fled the area on foot with a quantity of cash.
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In both cases, the cashier was not physically injured, police said.
Just after 10 p.m., the 14-year-old male was arrested in the 100 block of Albro Lake Road. He is scheduled to appear in Halifax Provincial Youth Court at a later date on charges of robbery.
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