Winnipeg man faces serious charges after carjacking, assaults, police say

A Winnipeg man is successful custody facing a laundry database of charges aft a bid of incidents that began early Saturday day and continued into Sunday morning.

Police said nan first incident took spot astir 12:30 p.m. Saturday astatine a Nairn Avenue business, wherever a suspect, brandishing a lighter, threatened a cashier and demanded money, earlier fleeing nan segment empty-handed.

Only 15 minutes later, constabulary said, nan aforesaid man pulled an older female retired of a adjacent vehicle, threw her to nan ground, and threatened to stab her earlier taking disconnected successful her vehicle.

Police said nan unfortunate had superior injuries arsenic a result.

Around 5:45 nan pursuing morning, constabulary said nan fishy confronted a female astatine a Regent Avenue West building, and successful a akin script to nan erstwhile incident, threw her to nan crushed and tried to bargain her vehicle, which he was incapable to start. He past stole nan victim’s purse and fled nan area.

Less than 2 hours later, constabulary said he confronted a female astatine different Regent Avenue West business and lured her outside, astatine which constituent he punched her respective times successful nan precocious body, threatened to termination her and stole her car.

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Police tracked nan conveyance down to Selkirk Avenue and arrested a 40-year-old man soon afterward.

He faces 4 counts of robbery, aggravated assault, uttering threats to origin decease aliases bodily harm, and possessing spot obtained by crime.