A Kelowna man has been charged with three counts of robbery after a string of bank heists in the Okanagan city.
Cpl. Jesse O’Donaghey, of the Kelowna RCMP, said the first robbery occurred on Jan. 31, 2019, at the Rutland branch of Scotiabank. The second robbery was at the Mission branch of the Royal Bank of Canada on March 1, 2019. O’Donaghey said it was after the third robbery, on March 16 at the TD Canada Trust on Harvey Avenue in Kelowna, that police apprehended Gordon Martens, 56, of Kelowna.
“Those officers conducted a high risk traffic stop with the black Dodge Neon and managed to take that suspect into police custody without incident.” Martens has also been charged with disguising his face with intent to commit an offence and use of an imitation firearm while committing an indictable offence.