P.E.I. man charged with robbing Famous Peppers with machete appears in court
CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — A P.E.I. man charged with robbing a pizza enterprise with a machete had his matter adjourned in provincial court docket to offer him time to discover a lawyer.
Conor James Strickland, 28, made a quick look in provincial court docket in Charlottetown on March 22. Strickland appeared by video from the Provincial Correctional Centre.
A Charlottetown Police Providers press launch says on the morning of March 18, an worker of Well-known Peppers on St. Peters Street was opening the enterprise for the day and seen a person inside holding a machete. The person additionally had two money registers and a small protected in his possession.
The person fled the enterprise and headed east on Belmont Road. Charlottetown police had been known as at 9:55 a.m.
Then on March 19 at 11:20 p.m., Charlottetown police obtained a criticism {that a} man was inside a shed on Euston Road. Police arrested the person – Strickland – who was additionally their suspect for the Well-known Peppers’ theft the day earlier than.
Police situated the stolen objects, among the suspect’s clothes and the machete close to the enterprise and Belmont Road. Police say Strickland was recognized because the theft suspect with the assistance of E-watch surveillance cameras.
Strickland is charged with stealing a number of objects and $1,500 from Well-known Peppers whereas armed with a machete. He’s additionally charged with possession of a weapon for a harmful goal, possession of a weapon whereas prohibited, breach of probation, theft underneath $5,000 and trespassing at evening with respect to being contained in the Euston Road shed.
Chief Choose Jeff Lantz adjourned Strickland’s issues to March 24.
Terrence McEachern is a justice reporter with the SaltWire Community in Prince Edward Island.
