Edmonton police have arrested a suspect wanted in connection with at least three armed robberies in Red Deer.
Cpl. Leanne Molzahn, media liaison officer for the Red Deer City RCMP, said local police have been tracking a suspect who threatened staff with a tire iron at three Red Deer liquor stores on three consecutive days.
Molzahn said in a news release issued on Thursday that an armed suspect got undisclosed quantities of cash from the Cyrious Liquor Store on Tuesday, Aug. 13, a Sobey’s Liquor Store on the next day and the Liquor Crossing Wine Centre on the day after that.
Video surveillance from the three stores confirm that the same suspect was responsible for all three incidents, Molzahn said in her release.
Currently in custody, Ryan Adams, 34, is due in Red Deer provincial court today to answer three counts each of armed robbery and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.
He is facing three additional counts of armed robbery in Edmonton.