Three youths charged in string of convenience store robberies

Regina Police Service (RPS) has charged three youths with a series of convenience store robberies in the city that date back to December 2022.

RPS said in a news release on April 12 that a 16 year-old male youth was arrested and charged on March 14; a 15 year-old male youth was arrested and charged on March 19; and an 18 year-old male was arrested and charged on April 11.

All three cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act — the 18 year-old was a youth at the time of the alleged offence.

Two have already appeared in court in Regina. The 18-year-old faces charges of robbery, wearing a disguise and use of an imitation firearm and appeared on April 12; the 15-year-old, who is facing charges of robbery and wearing a disguise, appeared in court on March 20.

The 16-year-old faces charges of robbery, wearing a disguise and use of an imitation firearm and is scheduled to appear in court on April 29.

Police said the charges stem from four Regina robberies on Dec. 10 2022, Dec. 12, 2022, Feb. 24, 2023, and June 29, 2023.

In the Dec. 10, 2022, incident at a convenience store the 200 block of Winnipeg Street, police said the alleged offender was carrying a knife and demanded money and took merchandise.

On Dec. 12, 2022, police were called to a convenience store on the 400 block of North Broad Street for an alleged robbery by two people, one of whom had a firearm. RPS attended a third incident at a convenience store in the 5500 block of 7th Avenue on Feb. 24, 2023, where police said three males, one of them holding a firearm, entered the store demanding money.

Polce said the fourth incident was at a convenience store on the 100 block of Albert Street on June 29, 2023, where three males entered the store demanding cash.