Grenville County Ontario Provincial Police with the assistance of the Brockville Police Service have arrested a 25 year old male from Augusta Township.
Sean Kinghorn, 25 years of age from Augusta Township has been charged with:
1 X Robbery – Mac’s Convenience Store Prescott
1 X Robbery – Mr. Gas Prescott
2 X Fail to Comply with Probation
Kinghorn is being held in custody pending a bail hearing.
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FROM/DE: Grenville County – Prescott Detachment DATE: October 5, 2015
(Prescott, ON.) – The Grenville County Ontario Provincial Police are investigating a robbery that took place at Mr. Gas on King St. in the Town of Prescott.
Shortly after 8:15 a.m. on October 3, 2015 members of the Grenville County Ontario Provincial Police were dispatched to the robbery at this location. It was reported that a lone male entered the gas bar and demanded money and cigarettes from the clerk before fleeing from the store. No weapons were observed during the robbery and no one was injured. A small amount of cash and cigarettes were taken.
The suspect is described as male, 5”6” – 5”7”, in his 20’s -30’s, scruffy facial hair, pale, sick looking wearing a grey sweater/jacket. Last seen on foot traveling west on King St.
The Grenville County Ontario Provincial Police, the Grenville County Crime Unit and the OPP Forensic Identification Unit attended the scene. The incident remains under investigation.
Anyone with information on the above occurrence is asked to call Grenville County O.P.P. Communication Centre at 1-888-310-1122, the Prescott Detachment at 613-925-4221 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-(TIPS) 8477 or submit your tip on-line at www.tipsubmit.com. Crime Stoppers does not want your name, you don’t go to court, and you could earn cash reward.