Culprit charged in cable company robbery

As we reported in last night’s newscast, police have apprehended the man that robbed the Centaur Cable Company at gunpoint on Wednesday. And this morning, the lone gunman, twenty five year old Jesse James Garbutt, appeared in court and was charged with Dangerous Harm, Robbery and two counts of Aggravated Assault. Garbutt pleaded not guilty to robbery and aggravated assault but no plea was taken for dangerous harm because it is an indictable offence. Centaur Cable Company’s Ladyville office was robbed shortly after four o’clock on Wednesday afternoon. The Manager, forty-three year old Richard Vellos, reported to the police that a man dressed in dark clothing entered the premises, pointed a gun at him and another employee, Charlene Gibson, and demanded money. Vellos said the gunman made away with one thousand three hundred and sixty-six dollars from the cash register. But before exiting the building, the accused fired a single shot which hit Gibson in her upper right thigh.