A 17-year-old male youth from Saskatoon has been arrested in Alberta and will appear at the Alberta Court of Justice in Lloydminster Tuesday to answer to a laundry list of charges stemming from a trio of robberies recently.

According to an Alberta RCMP news release, he was apprehended on February 4 in St. Paul, Alberta, and remanded into custody. He faces two counts of robbery plus assault and theft over five thousand dollars following a January 29 robbery in Bonnyville. He also faces two counts of robbery from two separate incidents on February 2 in Lloydminster.

In addition, he faces charges of possession of a break-in instrument, robbery to steal a firearm, possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle, possession of a firearm knowing it is unauthorized, two counts of unauthorized possession of a firearm, two counts of possession of a firearm for a dangerous purpose and five counts of fail to comply with release order.

RCMP say in all three incidents, the youth suspect sprayed victims with a substance believed to be pepper spray in order to steal items and property from them. The male youth cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.