Drug store robbery attempt in Gravenhust

Police were called to the IDA in Gravenhurst after a man passed a note to the pharmacy demanding drugs.

GRAVENHURST — A young Gravenhurst man out on probation was in bail court Friday charged with a drug store robbery here March 14.

Provincial police say that on March 15, 2018, the OPP from Bracebridge responded to a report of a robbery that occurred the previous night at the IDA Pharmacy in Gravenhurst.

Police learned that the male attended the pharmacy counter and passed a note demanding narcotics and then fled the scene.

The Bracebridge Community Street Crime (CSCU) Unit later conducted an investigation, which has led to an arrest on March 22nd, 2018.

They say that as a result on March 22, 2018 the Bracebridge CSCU, with the assistance of the Orillia CSCU, arrested Zachary Otis Joslin, 23, and charged him with the following offences:

— Robbery with intent to commit an indictable offence contrary to Section 344(1)(b) of the Criminal Code of Canada

— Fail to Comply with Probation contrary to Section 733.1(1) of the Criminal Code of Canada

— Fail to Attend Court contrary to Section 145(2)(b) of the Criminal Code of Canada.

The accused was held in custody for a bail hearing at the Ontario Court of Justice in Bracebridge on March 23.