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 an early morning robbery that occurred at an Algonquin Boulevard convenience store.
The incident occurred this morning at approximately 1:07 a.m. where a male suspect entered the convenience store, brandished a weapon and fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash.
Responding Timmins Police Service officers located the suspect a short distance from the scene at a Wilson Avenue address and found him to be in possession of the weapon used in the robbery.
As a result of the incident, Jaden Clark, 20 of Timmins, has been charged with:
• Robbery – use firearm contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
• Imitation firearm – use while committing an offence contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
• Carry concealed weapon contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
• Possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
• Possession of property obtained by crime contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
• Fail to comply with probation order contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
Clark remains in police custody awaiting a bail hearing slated for today at the Ontario Court of Justice in Timmins to answer to the charges laid against him.
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