NEWS RELEASE
TIMMINS POLICE SERVICE
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The Timmins Police Service has arrested and charged a local man with robbery-related offences stemming from two separate incidents involving a weapon.
The first instance involved the man performing a robbery at a local pizzeria during the evening hours of May 12th
The second robbery occurred yesterday evening (May14) at a Mountjoy Street convenience store.
The suspect was apprehended by the Timmins Police Service a short distance from the scene of the second robbery and found to be in possession of stolen property and taken into custody.
As a result of the incidents, Klint Pepper, 31, of Timmins has been charged with:
- 2 counts of Robbery with a Weapon contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
- 2 counts of Possession of a Weapon for a Dangerous Purpose contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
- 2 counts of Carry a Concealed Weapon contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
- 2 counts of Possession of Property Obtained by Crime contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
Further investigation has linked the accused to an incident of a stolen television from a Main Street, South Porcupine apartment on May 12th.
Pepper is further charged with a single count of Theft Under $5000 contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
The accused person has been remanded into police custody awaiting a bail hearing slated for Monday, May 17th at Provincial Court in Timmins to answer to the charges laid against him.
The Timmins Police Service is grateful for the assistance provided by members of the public who provided information in relation to the first robbery.
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