**** HRP Media Release
Police arrest man wanted on outstanding warrant for robbery
Police have arrested a man on an outstanding warrant for robbery in relation to an incident that occurred in March in Halifax.
Last night at approximately 10:35 p.m. officers arrested Robert Roech Chan, 28, without incident at an address in Halifax. Chan is scheduled to appear in Halifax Provincial Court today to face one count of robbery.
On March 26 at approximately 6 p.m. Halifax Regional Police responded to a weapons complaint in the 200 block of Wentworth Drive in Halifax. Officers located four men in two vehicles at that location, one of whom was injured. Three of the men were arrested and the fourth man fled on foot. Two of the men, the injured man and another man, were released without charges a short time later. The injured man had non-life-threatening injuries and declined medical treatment. The third man, Derrick Coryaunt Allison, 30, of Halifax, was charged with drug and firearm related offences.
On April 1, an arrest warrant for robbery was issued for Chan who was the fourth man who fled on foot.
