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Escaped inmate robbed bank, dine and dashed while on the lam

Police say an escaped inmate from a Dartmouth jail robbed a bank and committed a dine and dash while on the lam.

The Mounties were called to an armed robbery involving a knife at a bank on Central Avenue in Greenwood at around lunchtime on Tuesday.

Police were told during their investigation the same man had dined at a nearby restaurant but slipped away without paying his bill.

They arrested the 43-year-old about an hour later in Kingston.

Ryan Taylor Wilband is facing robbery and theft charges along with possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose.

Wilband escaped custody from the Central Nova Scotia Correctional Facility on Gloria McCluskey Avenue at around 12:30 p.m. on Monday.

Halifax Regional Police reached out to the public for help to track him down.

The Department of Justice is conducting a review of his escape.

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