By Mo Cranker on October 23, 2017.

Screengrabs from security camera footage at the Royal Bank (left) and the Bank of Montreal show the man police believe is responsible for robberies last week. One man was arrested by police over the weekend. --Photos courtesy MHPS Screengrabs from security camera footage at the Royal Bank (left) and the Bank of Montreal show the man police believe is responsible for robberies last week. One man was arrested by police over the weekend. --Photos courtesy MHPS

Medicine Hat News

Medicine Hat police have arrested one man from Winnipeg for robbing two city banks within an 18-hour period last week.

Police announced the arrest Saturday, saying a 53-year-old man was taken into custody without incident.

Police located the man at a local hotel, said StaffSgt. Jason Graham.

“I’m not prepared to say which hotel we found him at, but we did not get a tip. This was just good, old-fashioned police work. The officers did a good job at tracking him down quickly,” Graham said.

As reported in Saturday’s News, on Oct. 19 the 13th Avenue RBC was robbed at 6:50 p.m. when a man in a red and black plaid jacket approached tellers, handing them a note which demanded money. After receiving some, he departed the scene southbound on 13th Avenue SE in an older model dark-coloured truck.

Then on Oct. 20 at 11:40 a.m, the same suspect entered the 3215 Dunmore Road Bank of Montreal branch, walked up to the tellers and demanded money — this time heading out on foot through the Cuyler area.

The MHPS would not say if a weapon was used during either of the robberies.

Stephen Vogelsang has been charged with two counts of robbery, and remains in custody until his first court appearance on Oct. 24.

Vogelsang was a journalism instructor at Red River College in Winnipeg from 2002 until 2011.

Before that, he worked as a sports anchor at CKY – now CTV – before becoming news director.

–with files from The Canadian Press