Kenora woman arrested following armed robbery

(KENORA, ON) –Members of the Kenora Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged a Kenora woman following a weekend incident in downtown Kenora. 

Just before 10:30 pm on Saturday May 21, 2016 the Kenora OPP were notified of a robbery with a weapon that had just occurred outside a restaurant in downtown Kenora.  Police located a subject matching the description of the suspect in the area of the reported robbery. 

The female was approached by police and in the course of the arrest, a Conducted Energy Weapon (CEW) was deployed.  The subject was uninjured. 

As a result of this investigation, 22 year old Jordie STRANG of Kenora has been charged with Robbery with a Weapon contrary to section 344(1)(b) of the Criminal Code.  She has been held in custody pending a bail hearing on May 25, 2016.