Man arrested in connection with Waterloo bank robbery
Posted Aug 27, 2018 07:33:00 PM.
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Toronto Police have arrested a suspected bi-coastal bank robber.
And one of those robberies happened in Waterloo Region.
Michael Karas, 61, of no fixed address, faces nine charges including three counts of robbery with a firearm and three counts of pointing a firearm.
He was arrested on a Canada wide warrant by police in Winnipeg on Thursday.
Investigators say a man disguised himself as a construction worker and held up two branches in Toronto as well as one in Waterloo.
The one in Waterloo happened August 18th at a CIBC branch on King Street North.
Police think the same person is responsible for a robbery at a bank in Vancouver in mid-June.
The suspect in that hold up also dressed up as a construction worker.
with files from Charlene Close
