Manchester carpenter charged following robbery

Christian Salmon, a carpenter from Asia in Manchester, has been taken into police custody following a robbery at a bar in the community on Saturday. 

According to the police, about 2:30 p.m., Salmon went inside a bar, pointed a handgun at a woman and ordered her to get down on her knees before smashing a poker machine and removing all the cash.

He then demanded the woman to hand over her Alcatel tablet, valued at $47,000 and also took $5,000 in cash before escaping.

He was later arrested and subsequently charged robbery with aggravation, possession of prohibited weapon and using a prohibited weapon to commit a felony.

His court date is being arranged.

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