Police say it’s still early in the investigation, but a March 13 armed bank robbery here could be linked to other such crimes.
“I will say that we are corresponding with other services in (the) region and looking at other similar robberies,” OPP spokesman Josh Cunningham told the Advertiser on March 16.
Three days earlier, at about 2pm, two robbers wearing disguises, one carrying a handgun, stole cash from the RBC on McGivern Street.
“The males left the bank and got into a vehicle that may have been operated by a third party,” police stated in a press release.
The vehicle is described as a four-door black sedan that was last seen travelling northeast on McGivern Street (Wellington Road 10) towards Wellington Road 8.
Cunningham did not name the other police services with which OPP officers are corresponding.
On Feb. 1 three individuals wearing disguises, one carrying a handgun, robbed a Burlington Scotiabank branch. Seven days later, two men with their faces covered, one carrying a handgun, robbed a Scotiabank branch in Kitchener. In both cases, the suspects escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash.
Shortly after the March 13 Moorefield robbery, OPP officers were reviewing surveillance video (from both inside and outside the bank) and looking for physical evidence at the scene, including footprints left in snow.
Anyone with information regarding the incident can contact the Wellington County OPP at 1-888-310-1122. To remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or submit a tip online at www.csgw.tips.
The Moorefield crime marked the second robbery at a Mapleton Township bank in about seven months. The Drayton RBC was hit by armed robbers on Aug. 1, 2017. A Brampton man and woman were later charged in connection with that robbery, as well as another one in Milverton the previous week.
The Moorefield RBC is slated to close on May 25 and merge with the Drayton branch.
– With files from Caroline Sealey
