**** HRP Media Release
Police investigate robbery
Halifax Regional Police is investigating a robbery that occurred yesterday in Halifax.
At approximately 3:20 p.m. on August 16, police received a report of a robbery that had just occurred on Pickard Street. A man approached the driver’s side of a delivery truck, produced what appeared to be a handgun and demanded the driver’s property. The man left the area on foot with a quantity of cash and personal property. The driver was not physically injured.
The suspect is described as being approximately 30 years of age, 5’10” and wearing a dark or black face mask, black jacket with possibly a “Sport Check” logo, dark pants and light grey gloves described as being full-length cycling or biking gloves that were plastic in appearance.
Anyone with information about the incident or video from the area is asked to contact police. Anonymous tips can be sent to Crime Stoppers by calling toll-free 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), submitting a secure web tip at www.crimestoppers.ns.ca or via the P3 Tips App.
