MEDICINE HAT
POLICE SERVICE

MEDIA RELEASE

06-030005
Media Interest
2006-11-29 15:19 -
ROBBERY - ARMED
BANNON AVE SW AT DE HAVILLAND BLVD SW

Text Release Date and Time: 2006-12-13 11

ON NOVEMBER 29, 2006 POLICE ATTENDED TO BANNON AVE SW TO INVESTIGATE A ROBBERY COMPLAINT. ON ARRIVAL POLICE SPOKE TO THE VICTIM WHO WAS SITTING IN A DELUXE CAB. THE VICTIM ADVISED THAT A MALE CAME TO HER CAR WHEN SHE WAS PULLED OVER AND AT GUN POINT WANTED ALL HER MONEY. THE MALE THEN FLED THE SCENE.

AFTER AN EXHAUSTIVE AND LENGTHY INVESTIGATION INTO THE ALLEGED INCIDENT, IT WAS REVEALED THAT IT, IN FACT, A ROBBERY HAD NEVER OCCURRED AND THAT THE COMPLAINANT HAD BEEN MISLEADING THE POLICE. CHARGES TO THE 25 YEAR OLD FEMALE ARE PENDING. FILE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. Sgt. R. Youngman