Overview
- He was arrested in Queensland on Monday on long-standing NSW warrants and was extradited on Tuesday to face charges.
- Detectives took him to Tweed Heads Police Station, where police charged him with two armed robberies and two counts of detaining for advantage, and he was refused bail to appear in the Bail Division Local Court on Wednesday.
- Police allege the first robbery on October 28, 1996, in Coonabarabran involved a shotgun and a female customer who was released at the offender’s motorcycle.
- They say the second robbery on January 10, 1997, in Laurieton involved a shotgun, a duffel bag filled with cash, and a bank worker released at a getaway car.
- NSW issued the warrants in 1997, specialist detectives from the Robbery and Serious Crime Squad handled the transfer, and one outlet named the man as Alexander Robert MacDonald and cited prior serious convictions.