The Vancouver Police Department (VPD) has shared that a man was charged in connection with an ATM mugging incident in Vancouver this weekend.
On Saturday night, around 10 pm, a 34-year-old woman attempted to use an ATM near Broadway and Commercial Drive. Instead, a stranger approached the woman and began to ask for a cigarette.
Police say the victim refused and the man allegedly shoved her against a wall and demanded money.
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In a statement, the VPD says that the woman fled and called the police. When police officers arrived on the scene, they located the suspect sleeping inside the ATM vestibule.
Police say 30-year-old Gregory West was arrested, charged with robbery, and taken to jail.
The ATM mugging occurred near another shocking Vancouver incident on Commercial Drive when a “take-over style robbery” happened at a popular eatery, Cafe Du Soleil.