WINNIPEG – A 41 year-old man was arrested after he robbed a Pembina Highway restaurant armed with a pipe wrench.

The suspect entered the restaurant holding his pipe wrench as if it were a firearm. He demanded money from an employee and fled with $300. No one was injured in the robbery.

The suspect immediately attended to a neighbouring business with the pipe wrench wrapped in cloth and presented as a firearm. He demanded money from the employee while threatening to shoot him. The suspect was given less than $100 and left.

Next, he went to a nearby gas station, still armed with the same weapon, demanded the employee call him a taxi and threatened to shoot the employee. The suspect eventually left and confronted a person in a parking lot of another business.

Police arrived and located the suspect in the area of Pembina Hwy and Jubillee Avenue. He was placed under arrest and taken into custody.

41 year-old Darrell Walter Longclaws has been charged with:

Assault with a Weapon

Fail to Comply with Probation Order

Possession of Weapon

Robbery X2

Use of Imitation Firearm During Commission of an Indictable Offence X3

Uttering Threats – Cause Death or Bodily Harm

He has been detained at the Winnipeg Remand Centre.