Quick arrest made following Scotiabank robbery
John Booth charged with robbery and failing to comply with a probation order
Peterborough Police have made an arrest after a robbery Wednesday morning at the Scotiabank branch at Hunter and Water streets in downtown Peterborough.
The arrest was made shortly after the robbery, police said.
John Frederick Booth, 45, of Brealey Drive, was charged with robbery with intent and failing to comply with a probation order.
He was held in custody for a court appearance later on Wednesday.
Police and paramedics were called to the scene at about 9:45 a.m.
The branch was closed to the public Wednesday morning after the robbery. A sign was then posted on the door advising customers the branch would be closed until the robbery investigation was concluded. Police also advised the public that there was no threat to public safety.
A man with the same name and age was charged nine years ago with trying to rob the TD bank branch at the Peterborough Square, also on June 3 of that year.
In a 2011 robbery, police said at that time that John Frederick Booth had walked into the TD Canada Trust branch in Peterborough Square on George Street North.
He went up to a teller and handed her a note demanding money, police said. The clerk turned over less than $200 in cash in a plastic bag. The man then walked away from the counter and sat on the floor.
When the police arrived, the man was arrested and the money was recovered. The man had in his possession 0.54 grams of marijuana, police said at the time.
— with files from Todd Van Donk, Peterborough This Week
Man arrested in county gets five years for bank robbery
A wanted man who was arrested in Peterborough County in 2018 has received a five-year sentence.
Andrew Lamore, 35, was arrested by the OPP’s ROPE (Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement) squad on June 7, 2018, after being wanted in a March 21, 2018, robbery at the CIBC branch in downtown North Bay.
The robbery netted about $7,000 in cash.
Lamore had been in custody since his arrest in Peterborough County and on May 5 he was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty March 17, preventing a trial, the North Bay Nugget reported. Because of credit for time served, he is expected to serve 375 days in prison, The Nugget reported.