The file into a rash of robberies and attempted robberies continues to grow for the Major Crime Unit. A man wearing a hoodie walked into the Courtney Bay Inn at HayMarket Square just after eleven o’clock. He had no weapon but demanded cash from the clerk twice. She told him no and he ran from the hotel. The just after one o’clock……a man fitting the description of someone who has pulled off four robberies in a week, walked into the Linn Chaw Restaurant on Bayside Drive just after one this morning.
He had a weapon and demanded cash but the clerk also refused before the man ran out of the restaurant. City Police tell us he fits the description of the man they are looking for after three businesses in East Saint John were robbed last week and a pool hall on the West Side was held up this week.