WINNIPEG – Police have arrested and charged a Winnipeg man they believe is responsible for seven robberies, all following a similar pattern, dating all the way back to 2009, including a brazen bank robbery Thursday night.
Police said they responded to a robbery at a financial institution in the 100 block of St Anne’s Road around 8:00 PM. A man wearing a disguise to hide his face, and armed with a knife, confronted a woman teller and demanded money. She complied and he took off.
About two hours later police located the suspect at a home on Kettering Street, at which time he was taken into custody without issue.
Police have since determined that the suspect was also responsible for six other robberies.
- January 12, 2009 at a restaurant in the 200 block of Hargrave Street.
- February 28, 2018, at approximately 7:45 PM a financial institution was robbed in the 1300 block of Pembina Hwy.
- March 7, 2018, at approximately 8:00 PM there was an attempted robbery of another financial institution in the 1200 block of Grant Avenue. Armed with a knife he approached a female teller and demanded money. The teller advised that she needed to ask a manager at which time the manager pushed the suspect out the door, locked it and notified police. No money was obtained.
- March 8, 2018, at 5:30 PM a financial institution in the 1300 block of Henderson Highway.
- March 23, 2018 at 7:45 PM, a financial institution in the 200 block of St. Anne’s Road.
- April 12, 2018, at 7:55 PM, a financial institution in the 1800 block of Portage Avenue.
Police arrested Andrew Jason Marceau, a 43-year-old man from Winnipeg, and charged him with:
- Robbery X7
- Disguise with Intent X7
- Possess Weapon