15-year-old charged after two armed robberies in Waterloo

Posted Aug 23, 2017 12:32:30 PM.

Last Updated Aug 27, 2017 09:44:10 AM.

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Regional Police say a teenager has been arrested and charged after two armed robberies in Waterloo.

Police say the first incident happened on Tuesday afternoon, when a man entered the LCBO on Columbia Street West and showed the clerk he was hiding a knife in his waistband.

The suspect grabbed a few bottles and took off. Police say luckily, no one was hurt.

Shortly after midnight on Friday, the same knife-wielding suspect entered a gas bar in the Fischer Hallman and Columbia area of Waterloo.

Officers were able to track him down a short time later.

Police the 15-year-old faces numerous robbery charges.

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