{"id":37581,"date":"2023-08-09T13:04:44","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T16:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=37581"},"modified":"2023-08-09T13:04:44","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T16:04:44","slug":"police-searching-suspect-elmsdale-armed-robbery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=37581","title":{"rendered":"Police searching for suspect in Elmsdale armed robbery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;78&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;105&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ELMSDALE:<\/strong> A suspect in an armed robbery at an Elmsdale gas station on Aug. 6 is being sought by East Hants RCMP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Const. Preston Burns, Community Policing Officer with East Hants RCMP, said that police responded to a report of an armed robbery at the Elmsdale Irving at 4:06 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cUpon arrival, the clerk told officers they had opened the door for a man that they thought was a regular customer,\u201d said Const. Burns. \u201cOnce inside, the man asked the clerk for cigarettes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;190&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;84&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Const. Burns said that\u2019s when the robber went further, producing a weapon and demanding cash from the register.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen the clerk turned to get the cigarettes, the man jumped over the counter and demanded that the till be opened,\u201d he said. \u201cThe man was holding a knife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe clerk opened the till and the man left with an undisclosed amount of cash.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the man is described as a white male, 5\u20197\u201d wearing a green hat, a green jacket and sunglasses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230809_135734-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37590\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(RCMP photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/20230809_135519-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37588\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">RCMP video still of the suspect.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate group=&#8221;2&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;126&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Const. Burns said while the clerk was not injured during the robbery, they were extremely shaken up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cVideo surveillance is pending and once the RCMP reviews it, still photos will be shared with the public if needed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the meantime, anyone with information about this crime is asked to contact East Hants District RCMP at&nbsp;902-883-7077.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Should you wish to remain anonymous, call Nova Scotia Crime Stoppers toll free at&nbsp;1-800-222-TIPS (8477), submit a secure web tip at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crimestoppers.ns.ca\">www.crimestoppers.ns.ca<\/a>, or use the P3&nbsp;Tips App.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;71&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;115&#8243;]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adroatate banner=&#8221;111&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;78&#8243;] [adrotate banner=&#8221;105&#8243;] ELMSDALE: A suspect in an armed robbery at an Elmsdale gas station on Aug. 6 is being sought by East Hants RCMP. 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Preston Burns, Community Policing Officer with East Hants RCMP, said that police responded to a report of an armed robbery at the Elmsdale Irving at 4:06 a.m. \u201cUpon [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37589,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[965,12],"tags":[1348,196,1581,986,5237,3135,14],"class_list":["post-37581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-hants","category-featured","tag-armed-robbery","tag-east-hants","tag-east-hants-rcmp","tag-elmsdale","tag-elmsdale-irving","tag-hwy-214","tag-rcmp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}