Halifax police lay charges for robbery in Dartmouth
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Police in Halifax have charged a man in relation to a robbery that took place in Dartmouth on Friday.
Officers originally responded to a report of a robbery in progress on Primrose Street in Dartmouth around 11:50 p.m.
Police say a man with a knife had allegedly approached two people in a vehicle and demanded their property before fleeing on foot.
According to a news release on Monday, police say they were able to locate the man a short time later. They arrested the man, but he allegedly resisted, threatened, and spat at officers.
Officers later recovered the stolen property from the man.
Police say 37-year-old Deveron Tyrone Paul is set to appear in Dartmouth provincial court on Monday to face a number of charges including:
- two counts of robbery
- assault a peace officer
- assault
- two counts of uttering threats to cause bodily harm or death
- possession of a weapon dangerous to public peace
- two counts of possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000
- disguise with intent
- resisting arrest
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