Serial Bank Robbery Suspect Charged

A man arrested after a bank robbery in Kelowna over the weekend, is also a suspect in two other bank robberies this year.

RCMP received a report of a robbery in-progress at the TD Canada Trust on Harvey Avenue just after 8 am Saturday.

Corporal Jesse O’Donaghey says a prompt response from front line officers, combined with detailed information gathered at the crime scene led to the arrest of a suspect.

“Our front line officers spotted the suspect alone inside a motor vehicle travelling in the area of Springfield Road and Hollywood Road South. Those officers conducted a high risk traffic stop with the black Dodge Neon and managed to take that suspect into police custody with out incident.”