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Halifax Regional Police
Update
March 21, 2019 (2:00 p.m.)
Police charge man for Halifax bank robbery
Police have charged a man in relation to a robbery that occurred in Halifax yesterday.
At approximately 1 p.m. officers responded to a report of a robbery that had occurred at the Royal Bank in the Halifax Shopping Centre, 7001 Mumford Road in Halifax. The man entered the branch, indicated to staff that he had a knife and demanded money. The man left the bank with an undetermined amount of cash and fled into the mall.
Police have charged 45-year-old Jason Soares with one count of robbery. Mr. Soares appeared in Halifax Provincial Court this morning to answer to the charge.
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