Charges Announced, More Details in White River Armed Robbery

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.