A Lethbridge man is facing several charges in relation to a late night robbery of a Mac's Store in Claresholm.
 
On Monday morning just after 1 a.m., Claresholm RCMP were called to a robbery at the Mac's Convenience Store in Claresholm.  

A masked male demanded the keys to the attendant's was vehicle parked outside.  

The suspect is alleged to have threatened to shoot the attendant and a customer who was in the store.
 
The keys were given to the suspect and he then locked the victims in the store bathroom before departing in the stolen car.  

No weapon was produced and the victims were not injured.
 
RCMP members from Fort MacLeod and Claresholm located the vehicle travelling southbound on Hwy 2 at a high rate of speed north of Fort MacLeod.

The vehicle was stopped and the driver who was the lone occupant of the vehicle was arrested without incident.
 
Darren Daniel Ethier (27) of Lethbridge, AB has been charged with eight criminal code offences.

-Robbery with threats of violence.
-Theft of motor vehicle.
-Possession of Stolen property over $5000.
-Utter Threats to cause bodily harm.
-Two counts of forcible confinement.
-Failing to stop / report a collision.
-Refusal of roadside screening device.
 
Ethier appeared before a Justice of the Peace and was released from custody to appear May 30 at 10:00 am in Fort MacLeod Provincial Court.  

 

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