A 34-year-old Cross Lake man is charged with four counts of robbery and other offences after robbing four businesses in Winnipeg over the course of 24 hours June 23-24.
Brendon Malcolm McIvor is also charged with four counts of wearing a disguise with intent and carrying a concealed weapon and was detained in custody by the Winnipeg Police Service June 24.
The string of robberies began June 23 around 3:30 p.m. at a retail pharmacy chain on Osborne Street when a man with his face covered and carrying a blunt object approached an employee and attempted to rob the establishment but was unsuccessful and left empty-handed. About half-an-hour later, a man with his face concealed and carrying a blunt object approached an employee and her child at a grocery store on River Avenue and escaped with an undisclosed quantity of cash and merchandise. The third robbery took place about 11:30 p.m. in a gas station on Taylor Avenue and the suspect left with an undisclosed amount of money.
The Winnipeg Police Service's Major Crimes Unit began an investigation and determined that the same suspect had committed all three robberies.
The following day around 3 p.m. the suspect went into a beer vendor on Keewatin Street with his face covered and carrying a blunt object. He attempted to rob the business but was unsuccessful. A K9 officer responding to the incident saw the suspect on Notre Dame Avenue and placed him under arrest.
