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Beverley Street in the Greater Sudbury community of Wahnapitae. April 10, 2024 (Shelley Mayer/CTV Northern Ontario)
A youth accused of robbing a Lasalle Boulevard store last week was arrested at a home in the Greater Sudbury community of Wahnapitae on Wednesday afternoon, police say.
Officers were dispatched to the house on Beverley Street shortly before noon April 10, Sudbury police said in a news release Thursday.
The suspect barricaded himself inside the home and police made several attempts to communicate with him, but he would not respond.
Members of the emergency response unit set up a containment of the residence when they arrived around 12:35 p.m.
Officers entered the home at 1:40 p.m. after receiving a warrant to enter and arrest the suspect.
He was taken into custody without incident about 40 minutes later.
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Beverley Street in the Greater Sudbury community of Wahnapitae after arrest of youth armed robbery suspect. April 10, 2024 (Shelley Mayer/CTV Northern Ontario)
The suspect is charged with robbery with a weapon, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose, uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm, two counts of having a prohibited device or ammunition, carrying a concealed weapon and failing to comply with a sentence.
He was held in police custody overnight and is scheduled to appear in court Thursday.
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