Children robbed at knifepoint in Calgary’s NE
Posted Apr 25, 2010 12:04 pm.
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Charges are expected against three men after three children were robbed at knifepoint near the Village Square Mall on 52nd Street NE Saturday night.
CPS Duty Inspector Michael Watterston tells 660News, a group of kids between the ages of nine and 12 were approached by one of the suspects who got out of a vehicle, threatened them with a knife and demanded money.
A young girl handed over five dollars.
Earlier, a man in the same vehicle is suspected to have robbed an man in about the same area approximately an hour earlier.
Police tracked down the suspects’ vehicle near Sunridge Mall and took three men into custody.
Charges are pending in relation to the robberies, threats and the use of the weapon.
