Three men charged with robbery, forcible confinement
Posted Oct 29, 2013 10:44:25 AM.
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OTTAWA – Three men have been charged in connection with a retail robbery.
According to police, the three men entered a smoke shop on Montreal Road around 10:30 a.m. Monday and demanded cash from the lone employee working.
The employee was bound in a back room before surveillance cameras were destroyed. A safe full of cigarettes was also stolen.
Police responded to the scene around 11 a.m., after receiving a call about a robbery in progress, to find three men in the process of loading stolen items into a getaway vehicle. Police took the three men, plus the driver, into custody.
Paramedics responded to the scene to examine the store employee, who was uninjured in the robbery.
Kyle Richer-Martin, 22, Ramzi Wahlie, 20, and Edmund Asante, 22, all three have been charged jointly with robbery, forcible confinement, conspiracy to commit an indictable offence and mischief under $5,000.
Asante has also been charged with breach of probation, while the driver was interviewed and released without charge.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Ottawa Police Service Robbery Unit at 613-236-1222, ext. 5116 or Crime Stoppers at 613-233-8477 (TIPS) or toll free at 1-800-222-8477.
