Stephen Vogelsang is shown in screengrabs from security camera footage at two Medicine Hat banks. Volgelsang, accused of robbing the banks in October has yet tob e granted bail on similar charges in Saskatchewan, forcing adjournment until Feb. 15 of his matters in Medicine Hat. --Photos courtesy MHPS
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Despite being granted bail in Medicine Hat, a Winnipeg man charged with robbing multiple banks remains sitting in a Regina jail after being denied bail for charges in Saskatchewan.
An adjournment until Feb. 15 was granted Tuesday at the Medicine Hat Provincial Courthouse for 54-year-old Stephen Vogelsang, with Lethbridge-based defence counsel Greg White appearing as agent for the man.
In December, White successfully argued for Vogelsang’s release on the Medicine Hat charges that stem from two bank robberies in October, proposing his client be allowed to return to Manitoba for one week to arrange his affairs. Vogelsang would then return to Alberta and turn himself in for assessment as to whether he is criminally responsible for robbing two Medicine Hat banks on Oct. 19 and 20.
Following Vogelsang’s arrest, Regina police announced they were laying charges against Vogelsang for three bank robberies that occurred in July and October. Saskatoon police announced they were charging Vogelsang for a bank robbery that occurred July 31.
Despite being granted release on the Medicine Hat charges, Vogelsang remained in custody due to the charges in Saskatchewan — and will remain in custody for the time being as he was denied release at a Regina bail hearing.
The case made national news as Vogelsang is well known from his former job as the news director at CTV Winnipeg, and then became a journalism instructor at Red River College in Winnipeg from 2002 until 2011.
