A 29-year-old Winnipeg man is facing multiple charges after police say he carried out a series of attempted robberies involving an edged weapon and a baton in the city’s North End before being arrested on June 22.<\/p>\n
According to the Winnipeg Police Service, officers responded to several robbery reports between about 12:30 p.m. and 12:45 p.m. in the Salter Street and Magnus Avenue area. Police located the suspect a short time later and arrested him after a brief foot pursuit.<\/p>\n
Investigators allege the incidents began at a grocery store in the 200 block of Salter Street, where a man announced his intention to rob the business. Police said an employee was assaulted with a baton, while another employee was threatened with an edged weapon.<\/p>\n
Employees and two security guards took shelter in a room while the suspect allegedly barricaded the store’s front door before fleeing. Police said no serious injuries were reported.<\/p>\n
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The suspect is then alleged to have approached two men working near Salter Street and Magnus Avenue and attempted to rob them. Both escaped without injury and called police.<\/p>\n
Shortly afterward, police say the suspect assaulted a 19-year-old man near the same intersection and attempted to rob him. The victim was also able to escape without injury.<\/p>\n
Arrest made nearby<\/p>\n
North District General Patrol officers located the suspect on Salter Street near Magnus Avenue. Police said he fled on foot when officers approached but was arrested a short time later. Officers also seized two weapons during the arrest.<\/p>\n
Julius Joseph McKay, 29, has been charged with six counts of robbery, three counts of forcible confinement, two counts of possession of a weapon, and two counts of carrying a concealed weapon.<\/p>\n
He was detained in custody.<\/p>\n
The allegations have not been tested in court. Information in this story comes from a Winnipeg Police Service news release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 29-year-old Winnipeg man is facing multiple charges after police say he carried out a series of attempted…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":790536,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-790535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=790535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/790536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=790535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=790535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=790535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}