Maximum Crime Stoppers rewards offered in unsolved 2015 bank robberies

The Ottawa Police Service Robbery Unit is working with the National Capital Area Crime Stoppers Program and the Canadian Bankers Association with respect to several ongoing 2015 bank robbery investigations.

The Robbery Unit is today releasing video footage from 5 different bank robberies< [ https://www.youtube.

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involving five different - yet to be identified - male suspects. Some of the suspects are believed responsible for more than one robbery.

The Robbery Unit is working in partnership with Crime Stoppers Ottawa and the Canadian Bankers Association-and the Canadian Bankers Association maintains an ongoing partnership with Crime Stoppers.

Crime Stoppers Ottawa is now offering the maximum $2,000 rewards for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of the persons responsible for each of the five investigations.

The five featured unsolved 2015 investigations are as follows:

1. January 15, 2015 in the 1-100 block of Bank Street, January 15, 2015 in the 1-100 block of Bank Street and January 23, 2015 in the 1-100 block of Kent Street (see the related OPS news release at: [ http://www.ottawapolice.ca/en/

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2. January 23, 2015 on Somerset Street West At approximately 4:40am, a lone male suspect entered a bank situated along the 600 block of Somerset Street West. The suspect made verbal demands for cash to multiple bank employees. The suspect fled with an undisclosed quantity of cash. There were no injuries. This robbery was minutes before the robbery along Kent Street (same day). No news release was issued for this file.

3. February 5, 2015 in the 1600 block of Montreal Road (see the related Crime Stoppers news release at [ http://crimestoppers.ca/2015/

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4. February 8, 2015 in the 2300 block of St-Joseph Boulevard and February 9, 2015 in the 2600 block of Innes Road (see the related OPS news release at [ http://www.ottawapolice.ca/en/

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5. February 12, 2015 in the 1500 block of Bank Street (see related OPS release at [ http://www.ottawapolice.ca/en/

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The video can be found at the following address: [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=qOxXgwfvM8Q ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOxXgwfvM8Q) Anyone with information and wishing to speak to a Robbery Unit investigator directly may contact Ottawa Police at 613-236-1222, ext. 5116 . Anonymous tips can be submitted by calling Crime Stoppers toll-free at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS) or by downloading the Ottawa Police iOS app.