RCMP say they have charged a youth in connection with a Yellowknife Facebook Marketplace sale gone wrong.
Police had said in November they were investigating after a Yellowknife resident reported being threatened with what appeared to be a handgun while trying to buy Airpods advertised on Marketplace, Facebook’s online buying and selling platform.
The resident said they met the seller and another person at a parking lot near a business on Old Airport Road on the evening of November 11.
After viewing the product and declining to buy it, the resident said the suspect brandished what appeared to be a handgun and threatened them. The resident said they refused to provide any money and the suspects subsequently fled in a vehicle.
In an update on Monday, police said they had charged a youth in connection to the incident.
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The youth is facing charges of robbery with a firearm, uttering threats, carrying a concealed weapon, possession of a weapon for a dangerous purposes and obtaining something valued at less than $5,000 through false pretenses.
The identities of youths facing prosecution cannot be published under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
