Charges laid in bank robberies

The Calgary Police Service Robbery Unit has charged Jay Sewell Big Plume, 19, of Calgary, with a series of bank robberies that occurred in February and March 2015. In each robbery, the perpetrator obtained undisclosed cash by posing as a customer and presenting a note to the bank teller. The robberies took place at branches of the Scotiabank, TD and RBC in the southwest. Big Plume was arrested on April 1 without incident and charged with six counts of robbery.