Police have made a pair of arrests after violent robberies in Madoc and Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory.
OPP said shortly after 3:30 p.m. on Monday, two people filled a vehicle with fuel at a gas station on Highway 62 in Madoc.
Once inside, they refused to pay for gas and other items taken from the store.
One person inside the store was struck with a baseball bat, resulting in serious injuries.
Another was assaulted.
The pair fled the scene when police arrived.
At 5 p.m., both entered a store on Airport Road in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory.
Police said an employee was struck with a baseball bat, and suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
One of the would-be robbers left the building.
Officers from the Tyendinaga Police Service and OPP arrived and arrested both.
Charges against a 59-year-old from Tudor and Cashel Township include three counts of assault with a weapon and two counts each of assault causing bodily harm and robbery with violence.
Charges against a 55-year-old, also of Tudor and Cashel, include two counts of robbery with violence and conspiracy to commit an indictable offence.
Central Hastings and Prince Edward County OPP Crime Units continue to investigate in collaboration with the Tyendinaga Police Service. Lennox and Addington County Detachment and OPP Forensic Identification Services are assisting.
