Wednesday, June 1, 2005

Further Info Released

Further to a media release let on the 31st of May 2005 at 2200 hours the identity of the two male persons arrested has been confirmed as follows:

Jake Penner Dennis Paul Haines
2031 Dundas Street 204 Pinetree Bay
London Ontario Calgary, Alberta

Both Penner and Haines appeared in Bail Court this date (June 1st) and were remanded into custody with a scheduled return date to Bail Court of June 3rd at 10:00 a.m.

Haines and Penner have been charged jointly with five weapon possession offences contrary to the Criminal Code and one drug related offence contrary to the Controlled Drug and Substances Act. Haines is further charged with possessing a firearm while prohibited from doing so and with obstructing a police officer.

Investigators from the Greater Sudbury Regional Police Service are continuing with their investigation of Haines and Penner and their involvement in the bank robbery that occurred in Sudbury on the 31st of May 2005.

Two Males Arrested - Weapons and Drug Charges - Possible Link to Sudbury Bank Robbery

Resulting from a routine vehicle stop by members of the Emergency Services Unit of the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service, initiated in the area of 724 Great Northern Road on Tuesday the 31st of May 2005 at 2:35 p.m., two male persons have been taken into custody.

From this stop and subsequent investigation evidence was uncovered that has led police to believe that there may be a connection between the vehicle and occupants and a bank robbery that had occurred earlier in the day in Sudbury. In addition to the evidence, with possible links to the robbery, altered guns, drugs and other prohibited weapons were also located in the vehicle

Members of the Greater Sudbury Police Service Criminal Investigation Branch will be attending here in Sault Ste. Marie on the 1st of June to assist with the investigation.

Names of the two male persons arrested in this incident are being withheld at this time pending verification of their identity. Both males are described as being in their mid thirties and are not believed to be from Northern Ontario.

At this time weapons and drug charges will be levied against these two persons. Charge(s) are pending relative to the robbery awaiting the arrival and involvement of the Greater Sudbury Police Service. Both males are scheduled to appear in Bail Court, here in Sault Ste. Marie, on Wednesday the 1st of June.