Suspect caught minutes later
A
22 year old male is in police custody following an attempted robbery involving a
syringe. No one was injured during the incident although several employees of the
business were traumatized. The incident occurred at approximately 2 pm on Sunday
February 19, 2017 at the Mad About Ewe
Fine Yarns located on Wesley St.
Police
were called by an employee of the business after a male entered carrying a
syringe and demanding money from the till. Before receiving any cash, the
suspect panicked and fled on foot. Numerous police officers were on scene within
minutes and managed to locate the suspect in the area of Commercial St and
Bastion. When found the male appeared to be in medical distress from a possible
drug overdose and was immediately transported by attending paramedics to local
hospital. Later that night, the suspect was cleared to be released from hospital
and was turned over to waiting officers who arrested him for breaching the terms
of a Recognizance from a previous robbery file. The actual robbery incident is
still under investigation and the 22 year old will be making an appearance in
Nanaimo Provincial court later today.
The
Nanaimo RCMP Victim Services has been engaged and is actively assisting
employees of the business who witnessed the ordeal
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