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Five bandits were captured on security video as they burst into a jewelry store near Danforth and Pape Aves. armed with pepper spray, smashed display cases with hammers and fled in a stolen vehicle with an undisclosed amount of merchandise on Monday, April 22, 2024.Photo by Handout /Toronto Police
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Durham Regional Police are looking for at least five suspects after a jewelery store was robbed in Oshawa on Thursday night in the now all-too-familiar smash-and-grab way.
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Police say five males armed with hammers entered the mall and started smashing the display cases before fleeing with cash and jewelery.
Cops say the suspects left the area in a black Honda Accord parked nearby with a driver waiting.
Investigators are asking anyone with dashcam, cellphone, surveillance footage, or any information to call police at 1-888-579-1520 ext. 5361, or contact Durham Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or at durhamregionalcrimestoppers.ca.
Jewelry stores in the GTA have been plagued by smash-and-grab robberies for months.
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Just Thursday, Peel Regional Police arrested three male youths — two 16-year-olds and one 17-year-old — in connection with three robberies targeting jewelry stores within shopping mall settings in the region between Jan. 19 and Feb. 4.
On June 13, two teenagers were charged for a jewelry store robbery in Richmond Hill and two more culprits are still sought.
And on June 9, York Regional Police said they were looking for three masked robbers and a getaway driver after the suspects entered a jewelry store in the area of Yonge St. and Carville Rd., sprayed the employees with an aerosol irritant and smashed open jewelry display cases.
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