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UPDATE: RCMP charge man in connection with robberies

PHOTO. Supplied. Wood Buffalo RCMP investigate two downtown robberies that occurred on Dec. 11, 2018.

Wood Buffalo RCMP has charged a man in connection with a pair of downtown robberies.

Kenneth Nolan Hanson, 35, has been charged with two counts of robbery and four counts of failing to comply with conditions.

RCMP responded to a robbery at a business on Franklin Ave. near Father Mercredi St. at around 7 a.m. on Dec. 11.

Later in the day, RCMP responded to another robbery within the same area.

The suspect, whose physical description matched the first incident also brandished a knife and demanded cash, but was wearing different clothing.

Hanson will appear in Fort McMurray Provincial Court on Jan. 7, 2019.