Accused bank robber will go to trial
By Medicine Hat News on May 31, 2018.
A Winnipeg man facing charges over two bank robberies in Medicine Hat elected Thursday to go to trial by a Court of Queen’s Bench judge and jury. The next appearance for 54-year-old Stephen Vogelsang is set for June 21, so a court date can be selected for a preliminary hearing. Vogelsang was arrested and charged in Medicine Hat in October 2017 after two local banks were robbed. After his arrest, police agencies in Saskatchewan announced charges for two bank robberies in Regina, and one in Saskatoon. He secured bail in Medicine Hat but was then transferred to Regina where his bail was denied, and he has remained in custody there. Delays have occurred on the Medicine Hat charges due to challenges from having the charges in two provinces — such as requirements to go through each province’s legal aid agencies. Defence lawyer Greg White has been acting as Vogelsang’s agent, despite not being fully retained, to assist with the proceedings and moving them along. The case made national news as Vogelsang is better known for his former job as a news director at CTV Winnipeg, and then becoming a journalism instructor at Red River College in Winnipeg from 2002-2011. 8-7
