Two men charged in connection with alleged hotel robbery
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LETHBRIDGE, AB – Lethbridge Police have charged two men in connection with a robbery at a the Superlodge Hotel on Wednesday night and a search warrant executed on a home in south Lethbridge Thursday morning.
32-year old Corey Nelson Amyotte and 29-year-old Kyle James Youngpine have both been charged with one count each of robbery, unlawful confinement and of wearing a disguise in the commission of an offence.
Amyotte remains in jail and is expected to appear in court October 25, 2019. Youngpine was released on a recognizance and is scheduled to appear in court November 8.
According to Lethbridge Police, around 7 p.m. Wednesday night (Oct. 16), a 28-year-old man told them he’d been robbed of his wallet, clothes, cellphone and vaping items at gunpoint. Lethbridge Police got a suspect vehicle description and tracked it to a home in south Lethbridge, in the Six Mile Coulee area. The vehicle left the home and was tracked to Exhibition park, where police then later arrested several people.
