Regina police contact Medicine Hat about 'potentially similar' robberies after Vogelsang arrest

Following the arrest of a former Winnipeg media personality in connection with two Alberta bank robberies, police in Regina say they have been in touch with the Medicine Hat Police Service because they are investigating "potentially similar offences."

Former Winnipeg broadcaster and journalism instructor Steve Vogelsang was charged Saturday in connection withtwo robberies in Medicine Hat, Alta., last week.

Regina police confirmed Tuesday they have contacted law enforcement there after learning about the two robberies.

Vogelsang remainedin custody in Medicine Hat Tuesday, after making his first court appearance earlier in the day.

He was arrested Saturday at a hotel in Medicine Hat, where he allegedly robbed a Royal Bank on Oct. 19 and then a Bank of Montreal the next day.

In both instances, police say he walked in without a disguise, demanded money and left with an undisclosed amount of cash. The hotel where he was arrested is in the same general areaas the banks.

Vogelsanghas ties to Saskatchewan. He was born in Saskatoon andbeganhis broadcasting career in Prince Albert.

In the early 1990s, he moved to Winnipeg and became a sports anchor and then news director atCKYnow known asCTVWinnipeg. In 2002, he left broadcasting to become a journalism instructor at Winnipeg's Red River College.

He left that job in 2011 to move to Nelson, B.C., with his wife butthe couple separated in 2015 and Vogelsang moved back to Winnipeg.

According to court documents from the divorce proceedings, he has experienced financial difficulties.

In an email exchange fromSeptember, entered as evidence in the proceedings, Vogelsangsaid he was, at times, sleeping in his vehicle.

"[Because] I have nowhere to stay, I'll stay in my truck tues & weds night," he wrote. "I have been staying in my truck regularly," he added.

He hasa bail hearing set for Oct. 26 in Medicine Hat.

More from CBC Manitoba:

• Organized crime will get edge on legalized pot, Manitoba premier says
• Gruesome details colour start of trial of accused bomber Guido Amsel
• Winnipeg doctor charged with sexual assault of female patient