Arrests made in pharmacy robberies
Posted Jan 16, 2012 12:14:18 PM.
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The names of two people arrested in connection to a series of Kitchener pharmacy robberies have been released by Regional Police.
Spokesperson Olaf Heinzel told 570 News 33-year old Paul Hasiu of Kitchener is charged with 6 counts of robbery with a firearm, and 21-year old Stephanie Kroetsch, also of Kitchener, has been charged with 2 counts of robbery with a firearm.
The robberies took place between March of last year, and this past week. Heinzel said they are in connection with incidents at two pharmacies on King Street West. “The most recent incident occurred January 9th where there were two incidents. One was an attempted robbery at the Pharmacare, and that was followed minutes later by a male entering the Central Pharmacy, in Kitchener where a number of narcotics were taken.”
Police are seeking information from the public, “if anyone has any additional information that can assist this investigation, we’d like to hear from them. At the same time, we’d also like to thank the members of the media who helped bring it to the attention of the media,” Heinzel said.
Hasiu appears in court today and Kroetsch is scheduled to appear February 29th.
