NEWS RELEASE
TIMMINS POLICE SERVICE
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The Timmins Police Service has arrested and charged a local man with a number of Criminal Code offences stemming from two robberies that occurred in quick succession last week.
A robbery occurred at an Algonquin Boulevard gas station during the early morning hours of Thursday, Oct. 27, and a second robbery was committed by the same suspect at a Pine Street South variety store during the early morning hours of Friday, Oct. 28.
Based on the ensuing investigations, Timmins Police Service Criminal Investigations Division officers were able to link a singular accused to both occurrences.
The suspect was arrested on Friday morning as the result of a lengthy and complicated foot chase ending in a hotel parking garage.
Based on the outcome of the respective investigations, Brandon Roy, 28, of Timmins, has been charged with:
- Two counts of robbery with a weapon, contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
- Two counts of possession of property obtained by crime, contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
The accused person 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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