Former Winnipeg broadcast personality and Red River College journalism instructor Steve Vogelsang has been charged with two counts of robbery involving two separate banks in Alberta. 
 
 CKY , now known as CTV Winnipeg, beginning in the early 1990s . He became a journalism instructor at Red River College in 2002 and resigned in 2011. Police released this still image from surveillance video of a man they say robbed two banks in Medicine Hat, Alta. Steve Vogelsang has been charged in the robberies. (Medicine Hat Police Service) The 53-year-old was the news director and longtime sports anchor at, now known asWinnipeg, beginning in the early. He became a journalism instructor at Red River College in 2002 and resigned in 2011. 
 
 In March, a former student he had dated was granted a protection order against him. 
 
 Police in Medicine Hat say a man walked into a Royal Bank in the southeastern Alberta city on Oct. 19 and a Bank of Montreal the next day without a disguise, demanded money and left with an undisclosed amount of cash. 
 
 Police arrested Vogelsang on Saturday at a hotel in the same area as the banks, just after 3 a.m. CT. 
 
 Vogelsang and his wife moved from Winnipeg to Nelson, B.C., after he left his post at Red River College. 
 
 After spending 24 years together, Vogelsang and his wife separated in 2015 and he moved back to Winnipeg. She filed for divorce last summer. 
 
 Financially squeezed 
 
 According to court documents, Vogelsang and his wife had owned three properties in Nelson and sold them for a total loss of $85,000. 
 
 Vogelsang was supposed to take over fully last September after removing his ex-wife's name from the paperwork. Vogelsang was a journalism instructor at Red River College from 2002 to 2011 after serving as news director and a longtime sports anchor at CTV. (Steve Vogelsang/Facebook) They also owned a home in Winnipeg, whichwas supposed to take over fully last September after removing his ex-wife's name from the paperwork. 
 
 The documents say that didn't happen. Instead, she alleges he forged her signature and renewed the mortgage on the home in both their names. 
 
 Vogelsang wasn't able to make the mortgage payments and put the house up for sale, but it went into foreclosure in April. 
 
 According to an email exchange in September, entered as evidence, while the couple argued over selling a property, Vogelsang described his financial situation and said 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. 
 
 Earlier this year, he said he planned to move to Vancouver Island in August, and was working on developing a career as a keynote speaker on millennials. 
 
 Accused of harassing former student 
 
 A former student Vogelsang had been dating off and on since 2004 got a protection order against him in March. 
 
 She said she broke up with him last August and alleges in court documents that he did not stop contacting her through text, emails and voicemails, despite Winnipeg police asking him on three occasions to leave her alone. 
 
 "He's gone to great lengths to try to get a hold of me since November and I've ... changed my cellphone number. I've cancelled my personal email. I've blocked him through work. I've tried to block him through email and phone. Our security desk and our HR manager has his picture and his details and he's not allowed in the building," she said in court documents. 
 
 Police released this video still from the bank robbery in Medicine Hat. (Medicine Hat Police Service) "I wanted this to end in August. I've now had the police tell him I don't want any contact and he is still wanting to be involved, wanting to be involved in my life, wanting to get some sort of effect from me. And so I do fear for my own safety." 
 
 Vogelsang is fighting those allegations next month. He told the court the woman "has repeatedly misled police in an attempt to discredit me." 
 
 "I, Stephen Lane Vogelsang, have never committed a violent act," he is quoted in the documents as saying. 
 
 He says that the woman "has actively interfered in my life." 
 
 "I trade on my reputation for my employment. I have spent over 20 years in Winnipeg developing a flawless and well-respected reputation. 
 
 Vogelsang remains in custody in Alberta to face two robbery charges and is expected in court tomorrow. 
 
 More from CBC Manitoba: ||||| CTV News has learned former college instructor and broadcaster Stephen Vogelsang has been charged in connection with two Alberta bank robberies, and has been dealing with criminal charges in Winnipeg. 
 
 The well-known Winnipeg personality taught journalism at Red River College between 2002 and 2011. Vogelsang is also a former sports anchor and news director at CKY-TV, now CTV Winnipeg. He worked at the station between 1992 and 2002. 
 
 CTV News has learned Vogelsang returned to Red River College, working on a part-time basis sometime after moving back to Winnipeg from Nelson B.C., in 2014, up until this past summer. 
 
 “I can confirm he is no longer an employee here,” said Conor Lloyd spokesperson for Red River College. 
 
 Vogelsang, 53, was charged with two counts of robbery in connection to two bank robberies in Medicine Hat, Alta. 
 
 On Monday Medicine Hat Police Service said Vogelsang was arrested Saturday in the city, located about three hours southeast of Calgary. 
 
 Police said a man went into a Royal Bank of Canada on Thursday October 19 and a Bank of Montreal on Friday October 20. 
 
 They said in both instances, the man passed a note to a teller and received money. The amount is not being released. 
 
 “There were no weapons seen or brandished by the accused. It was a note passed, but I guess what's important to note, you know, in the sensitive environment of a financial institution when you pass the note across the desk so to speak, there is an applied threat and it's unknown if he had any weapons at that time," said Joe West, Medicine Hat Police Service inspector., in a phone interview with CTV News. 
 
 West said information from other agencies, along with obtaining a description of a suspect vehicle, led to the arrest. 
 
 The accused was located at a Medicine Hat hotel. West said he was arrested without incident, and is expected to appear in court tomorrow. 
 
 Source: Medicine Hat Police Service 
 
 Financial and legal difficulties 
 
 It appears Vogelsang is going through financial difficulties. 
 
 Court documents obtained by CTV News detail his divorce. He was accused of missing several mortgage payments on a home in Winnipeg, and borrowing money. 
 
 Court records also show he was charged with sexual assault in September 2016. That charge was stayed October 23, 2017. 
 
 A protection order was filed and granted in March 2017. 
 
 Court documents show he faces three charges of disobeying a court order, laid in August 2017. A justice official tells CTV News those charges are expected to be dealt with in court next year. 
 
 Reaction from former students 
 
 CTV News connected with former students who said the allegations are shocking. 
 
 “I'm shocked and upset, in disbelief, as I know many of Steve's former students are,” said former student Matt Preprost in an emailed statement. 
 
 “Steve was a tough, but fair teacher—one who built his lessons and rapport with us through a mix of fun and humour, always challenging us to step outside our comfort zones and to be better than our last assignment. No guts, no glory, as he used to say. 
 
 There’s still much we don’t know about the circumstances of these alleged robberies, and I’ll defer further comment at this time.”
– A former well-known Canadian TV sports anchor is in jail after police say he robbed two banks in as many days in the western province of Alberta last week. Police in the small city of Medicine Hat say Steve Vogelsang robbed a Royal Bank of Canada on Thursday, Oct. 19, and then turned around the next day and robbed a Bank of Montreal, CBC reports. He entered both banks without a disguise and after demanding money, left with an undisclosed sum. Police finally arrested Vogelsang at a nearby hotel at around 3am on Saturday. Per CTV Winnipeg News, Vogelsang, 53, was a longtime news director and sports broadcaster at CKY, now CTV Winnipeg. He also taught journalism at Red River College in Winnipeg from 2002 to 2011. Conor Lloyd, a spokesman for the college, says, “I can confirm he is no longer an employee here.” Vogelsang is scheduled to appear in provincial court on Tuesday.