**** HRP Media Release
Police arrest suspects in robberies
Yesterday police arrested two people in relation to three robberies that occurred across the province this week.
On June 24 at approximately 10:20 p.m. police members of the Truro Police Service responded to a robbery that had just occurred at the Mobile Gas Bar located at 42 Elm Street in Truro. A man with a bat demanded cash and left in a white SUV with a female passenger.
At approximately 10:40 p.m. officers from the East Hants District RCMP responded to a robbery that had occurred at the Petro Canada gas station in Elmsdale. A man with a hammer demanded cash and fled in a white SUV.
At approximately 10:59 p.m. Halifax Regional Police members responded to a robbery at the Mobil Gas Station at 1748 Bedford Highway in Bedford. A man with a hammer entered the store, demanded cash, damaged a display case, and fled with a quantity of cash, cigarettes and lottery tickets. The man left in a white SUV.
On June 25 at approximately 4:30 a.m. members from the RCMP Halifax Regional Detachment responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle on Highway 103 that matched the suspect vehicle in the robberies. Officers located the vehicle and arrested the driver, passenger and seized a bat and hammer from the vehicle.
Kyle Jeffrey Rogers, 40, is scheduled to appear in Halifax provincial court today to face charges of:
- Robbery
- Disguise with intent
- Possession of a weapon dangerous to the public
- Operation of a conveyance while prohibited
Sarah Dawn Godfrey, 35, is also scheduled to appear in Halifax provincial court today to face one count of robbery.
