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Ottawa

Charges laid in August robbery and apartment takeover

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OTTAWA - The Ottawa Police Robbery Unit has laid charges in connection to an August robbery and apartment takeover that followed.

On August 28, 2013, at approximately 2:45 pm, a male victim was walking in the area of Bank/MacLaren when he was approached by the suspect, assaulted, and robbed of his apartment keys. The victim was escorted back to his apartment and was told to leave. The victim returned some time later to find a number of items missing from his apartment. There were no injuries. The suspect was located and arrested on September 9, 2013 by a uniformed officer.

Abdul SHAFEA, age 26 of Ottawa, is charged with robbery and extortion. He appeared in court on September 11, 2013 and remains in custody. He appears in court next on September 12, 2013.

Anyone with information with respect to this robbery, or any other robbery, is asked to contact the Robbery Unit at 613-236-1222 ext. 5116 or Crime Stoppers at 613-233-8477 (TIPS) or toll free at 1-800-222-8477.