Attempted bank robbery suspect remanded
Police in tactical gear responded to TD Canada Trust branch in Oromocto on Wednesday after armed man entered bank and demanded cash, RCMP reports
An Oromocto man was arrested at an Onondaga street bank branch Wednesday after an alleged attempt to rob the financial institution, the RCMP reports.
The Mounties issued a news release Friday indicating that officers were dispatched to a bank location Wednesday afternoon after receiving a report of a robbery in progress.
“On Aug. 30, 2023, at approximately 2:15 p.m., a man entered a bank on Onondaga Street, in Oromocto, and demanded money while stating that he had a firearm in his backpack,” the release said.
“Police arrived promptly to the scene, and the man was arrested without incident. He did not obtain any money, and the backpack and a pellet gun were seized.”
The time and location match with social-media reports of an armed police response at the TD Canada Trust branch on Onondaga Street in Oromocto, in the same strip mall as the Atlantic Superstore in that community.
Arrested at the scene was Chad Atkinson, 30, of Oromocto, and he appeared in Fredericton provincial court Thursday.
He now faces charges of attempting to rob the bank, possessing a weapon for the purpose of committing an offence, carrying a concealed weapon and breaching a probation order.
The Crown objected to Atkinson’s release, and he was remanded pending a bail hearing, scheduled for Tuesday.
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