{"id":58389,"date":"2025-09-10T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=58389"},"modified":"2025-09-10T14:30:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T17:30:00","slug":"rcmp-looking-to-identify-man-involved-in-armed-robbery-in-elmsdale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=58389","title":{"rendered":"RCMP looking to identify man involved in armed robbery in Elmsdale"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56514&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ELMSDALE:<\/strong> RCMP in East Hants is requesting assistance from the public for help in identifying a man involved in an armed robbery in Elmsdale.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On September 8, at approximately 9:04 p.m., RCMP officers responded to a report of a robbery at a gas station on Hwy. 214.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through the investigation, RCMP officers learned that a man entered the gas station, presented a knife and threatened an employee, demanding that they turn over the contents of the till.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The man left the store with a quantity of cash, lottery tickets and cigarettes in a backpack. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was last seen entering a silver or light grey hatchback.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56376&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Armed-Robbery-2025-1332549-Veh-1024x916.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-58390\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The suspects vehicle. (RCMP photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>At the time of the robbery, the man was wearing a black ballcap with the initials, \u201cKPMG\u201d, a light grey hooded sweatshirt, light grey sweatpants, and black Adidas sneakers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The man was seen at a nearby business which is where the video surveillance photo is from. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone with information about the man, is asked to contact East Hants District RCMP at 902-883-7077.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To remain anonymous, call Nova Scotia Crime Stoppers, toll-free, at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also submit a secure web tip at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crimestoppers.ns.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.crimestoppers.ns.ca<\/a> or use the P3 Tips app.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>File #: 2025-1332549<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56509&#8243;]<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ELMSDALE: RCMP in East Hants is requesting assistance from the public for help in identifying a man involved in an armed robbery in Elmsdale.\u00a0 On September 8, at approximately 9:04 p.m., RCMP officers responded to a report of a robbery at a gas station on Hwy. 214.&nbsp; Through the investigation, RCMP officers learned that a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58391,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[965,957],"tags":[1348,986,9163,14,5087],"class_list":["post-58389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-hants","category-news","tag-armed-robbery","tag-elmsdale","tag-petro-can","tag-rcmp","tag-suspect"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58389","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=58389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/58391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}