Charges laid in serial robberies

(Ottawa) — The Ottawa Police Service Robbery Unit has been investigating a series of retail robberies and has laid a series of charges in that investigation.

On October 9, 2015, at approximately 5:15 am, two male suspects entered a convenience store situated along the 4000 block of Bridle Path Dr. The suspects disguised and armed with knives, demanded cash, cigarettes and lottery tickets. The suspects made off with a quantity of these items to a vehicle. That vehicle, later determined to be stolen, was located a short time later by a patrol officer. The driver was arrested however the passenger fled on foot and remains at large.

The suspect(s) were linked to a series of other similar retail robberies that were under investigation:

Convenience store-4000 block of Bridle Path Dr- Sept 29, 2015 at 0340 hrs

Convenience store 1100 block of Bank St- Oct 2, 2015 at 0555 hrs

Convenience store 1100 block of Bank St- Oct 4, 2015 at 0411 hrs

Gas station-800 block of Carling Ave- Oct 4, 2015 at 0603 hrs

Convenience store 1400 block of Highgate Rd- Oct 6, 2015 at 0537 hrs

Nathan Gagnon, age 31 of Ottawa, is charged with the following offences:

Six (6) counts of robbery

Six (6) counts of wearing a disguise

Six(6) counts of possession of weapon dangerous to the public

Assault

Possession of property obtained by crime over $5000

Unlawfully at Large

Mr. Gagnon appeared in court on Oct. 10, 2015, and was remanded into custody. He appears next on October 16, 2015.

Anyone with information with respect to this robbery, or any other robbery, is asked to contact the Ottawa Police Robbery Unit at 613-236-1222 ext. 5116. Anonymous tips can be submitted by calling Crime Stoppers toll-free at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or by downloading the Ottawa Police iOS app.

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