Ontario man charged in Deacon’s Corner gunpoint robbery

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An Ontario man is charged with 20 offences after a gas station at Deacon’s Corner was robbed at gunpoint early Friday.

Oakbank RCMP were sent to the location east of Winnipeg at 4:30 a.m. after a man went into the station, displayed a gun and demanded the employee unlock a fuel pump. He left in a yellow pickup truck.

That night, at 10:40 p.m., Morris RCMP were contacted about a suspicious truck on Road 12 East in the Municipality of De Salaberry. Officers from St. Pierre-Jolys joined in the search and found the vehicle.

The driver refused to stop for officers. Shortly after, the truck was found in the middle of a field on Road 25 North. Mounties arrested a 30-year-old man, who was remanded into custody.

The truck was reported stolen near Dryden, and the gun is believed to have been stolen from St. Narcisse, Que., RCMP said in a news release Tuesday.

The man is charged with two counts each of possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, unauthorized possession of a prohibited firearm, possession of a prohibited firearm with ammunition, possession of ammunition while prohibited. He also faces single counts of using a firearm in the commission of an offence, carrying a concealed weapon, careless transport of a prohibited firearm, uttering threats, assault, robbery, flight from peace officers and driving while prohibited.