Five suspects arrested after Toronto carjacking, series of robberies

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A 20 year-old man and four teenagers have been arrested following an alleged series of retail robberies and a carjacking in Toronto and Peel Region.

The alleged crimes unfolded over multiple days, according to Toronto police, and began on June 7 with a carjacking. According to police, the female victim was approached by two masked male suspects who demanded the car keys, and knocked her onto the ground before fleeing with her purse and the stolen car.

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Three days later, shortly after 7 p.m., Toronto Police responded to a robbery call in the Ellesmere Road and Brimley Road area in Scarborough.

It is alleged that the five male suspects, travelling in the previously stolen vehicle, arrived at a mall and four of the suspects entered a jewelry store while wearing masks. The group allegedly smashed display cases with hammers, stole jewelry and then fled.

The following day, June 11, the same suspects targeted an electronics store shortly before 5 p.m. in the Kennedy Road and Matheson Boulevard area of Peel Region. Police allege all five suspects entered the store while masked and one produced a firearm and demanded electronics. The group “proceeded to ransack” the store before fleeing in the previously stolen vehicle, which later collided with another vehicle.

Following the collision, police arrested the suspects after a short foot pursuit and recovered four hammers, stolen property and other evidence. As part of the investigation, search warrants were executed at addresses in Toronto and Mississauga.

The suspects, including two male youths aged 15 and two aged 16 and one adult, 20, were charged with multiple offences.

The 20 year-old, a Toronto resident, faces two counts of robbery, two counts of disguise with intent, use of an imitation firearm to commit an indictable offence, possession of property obtained by crime and two counts of failing to comply with a previous release order.

The youths face similar charges, with additional counts of failing to comply with the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

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