The RCMP has charged a suspect in connection to an alleged robbery involving a young victim that reportedly occurred in Coalhurst on March 11, 2023. (Photo: Lethbridge News Now)
Charges laid after child in Coalhurst allegedly robbed
Mar 13, 2023 | 11:41 AM
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COALHURST, AB – The RCMP said it has apprehended a suspect in connection to a robbery in Coalhurst.
The Coaldale RCMP said in a news release that at around 4:35 p.m. on Saturday, March 11, 2023, it responded to a report of a man with an axe. Police allege that the suspect “displayed the weapon while taking food from a [nine]-year-old child.”
Police said they were on the scene within minutes and arrested the suspect at a nearby home.
There are no reports of anyone being injured during the alleged offence.
