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Investigators with the General Investigation Section of the Integrated Criminal Investigation Division have charged a man in a relation to a robbery that occurred Wednesday evening in Halifax.
Just before 6 p.m. on June 7, officers responded to a report of a robbery at the Bowlarama located at 7071 Bayers Road. Police were advised that the suspect was inside the establishment and approached the bar area indicating he had a weapon and obtained an undisclosed sum of money. The suspect then fled on foot with no known direction of travel. The victim was not physically injured. Patrol members contained the area shortly after the incident, but the suspect was not located.
At about 6 p.m. on June 8, the suspect was arrested without incident at an address on Glenbourne Court in Halifax. Fifty-two-year-old Darren Gerald Hall of Halifax has been charged with robbery and possession of a weapon dangerous to the public peace. He is scheduled to appear in Halifax Provincial Court today to face these charges.
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