A 13-year-old boy is in police custody facing a total of 14 charges after Winnipeg police arrested him for a series of commercial robberies.
Police said the youth is suspected in five armed robberies that took place at the same Dakota Street business over an eight-month period.
In each instance, police said, the suspect demanded and/or stole money at knifepoint — including holding a knife to an employee’s throat in a November 2021 incident.
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The teen was arrested Thursday afternoon after threatening to stab an employee at the same store and fleeing with stolen cash. Police said they tracked him down to a nearby home.
He faces a list of charges, including five counts of robbery, five counts of possession of a weapon, three counts of assault with a weapon, and uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm.
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