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Serial Bank Robbery Suspect Charged

Mar 18, 2019 | 3:19 PM

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.”

58-year-old William Gordon Martens of Kelowna is charged with three counts of robbery, along with disguising his face and using a imitation firearm during Saturday’s incident.

He is also alleged to have robbed the Rutland branch of the Scotiabank on January 31st and the Mission branch of the Royal Bank of Canada on March 1st.