Several charges have been announced, as more details have been revealed about an armed robbery in White River.
Superior East OPP say they were called to a White River service station around 3:20 Tuesday morning, after a lone individual brandished a handgun and demanded money from the cash register - the employee complied and was uninjured while the suspect fled in a vehicle, heading westbound on Highway 17.
OPP ended up stopping the vehicle using a spike belt about ten kilometres east of Terrace Bay, but the suspect fled into a nearby wooded area, where he was apprehended by members of the Marathon and Schreiber detachments and the OPP Northwest Region Emergency Response Team and Canine Unit around 7:50 that morning.
The man's been charged with robbery using firearm, use firearm while committing offence, pointing a firearm, possession of weapon for dangerous purpose, and two counts of failure to comply with release order - other than to attend court - he's been remanded into custody, pending a bail hearing.