RCMP arrest armed robbery suspect after 4th Kamloops convenience store holdup

KAMLOOPS – A 44-year-old Kamloops man is in custody in connection to four armed robberies at four different convenience stores in Kamloops over the last 30 hours.

The latest robbery was at the Parkcrest Neighbourhood Store at around 9:50 a.m. today, April 15, according to an RCMP release. The man in custody matched the description of the suspect in the other three convenience store robberies.

"Officers quickly set up a containment area and, based on the description given of the suspect vehicle, located it in Batchelor Heights," RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Jodie Shelkie says in the release.

Witnesses at the Parkcrest store say the suspect was followed by police following the robbery.

RCMP say the suspect was arrested without incident and a knife was found in the vehicle. The suspect is known to police.

No word yet on what charges the 44-year-old suspect is facing.

Parkcrest Neighbourhood Store in Kamloops was robbed, Monday, April 15. Police have a suspect in custody in connection with the holdup, and three others over 30 hours in the city. Shelby Thevenot


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Shelby Thevenot

Shelby has lived across Canada. She grew up near Winnipeg, Manitoba then obtained her B.F.A in Multidisciplinary Fine Arts at the University of Lethbridge in Lethbridge, Alberta. In 2014 she moved to Montreal, Quebec to study French and thrived in the Visual Journalism Graduate Diploma program at Concordia University. Now she works at iNFO News where she strives to get the stories that matter to the Okanagan Valley community.

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