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By James Peters

Armed Robbery

Suspect charged in Salmon Arm New Year’s Day armed robbery

Jan 9, 2020 | 12:20 PM

SALMON ARM, B.C. — A suspect is facing 10 charges after a New Year’s Day armed robbery in Salmon Arm.

According to a news release from RCMP Southeast District spokesman Cpl. Jesse O’Donaghey, a man wearing a balaclava and armed with a long-barrelled gun walked into an 11th Ave. N.E. liquor store at about 8:16 p.m. last Wednesday (Jan. 1).

The man is alleged to have pointed a gun at a customer before fleeing in a vehicle with cash and cigarettes.

No one was physically injured.

O’Donaghey says an off-duty RCMP officer was in the store at the time of the robbery and provided valuable information about the suspect and the vehicle involved.

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Investigators made an arrest that evening.

Now, 29-year-old Anthony Robert Summers has been charged with 10 offences, including robbery with a firearm, disguising one’s face with intent to commit an offence, pointing a firearm, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose and possession of stolen property under $5,000.

Summers appeared in Salmon Arm provincial court Tuesday (Jan. 7) and was remanded in custody for his next court date, which is set for Feb. 4.