"Viral security camera and cellphone videos taken in the last two years show groups of masked robbers who appear to be young males wearing dark clothing, entering jewelry stores in malls and streetfront shops. They are brazenly using hammers to smash glass, filling bags with jewelry and running off to getaway vehicles before police arrive."
"Wrapped in plastic bags are hammers, a replica handgun, a diamond ring in a Peoples Jewellers box, a balaclava, jewelry display boxes and pieces of broken glass police believe could have come from jewelry display cases smashed during a series of 11 robberies and attempted robberies in June and early July. It's disturbing that it seems every time we make an arrest or an occurrence happens, another one seems to follow it, said Det. Sgt. Ryan Boulay, who leads York Regional Police's (YRP) holdup unit."
"CBC's the fifth estate compiled a list of these types of incidents in Ontario from police media releases, police statistics and media reports. We found there have been at least 60 incidents in the province just this year. Our investigation also reveals a growing number of minors are being recruited by adults to carry out the crimes and told if they are caught, as youths, they would face little or no time in custody."
Masked groups, often appearing to be young males, have carried out repeated smash-and-grab robberies at mall and streetfront jewelry stores across the Greater Toronto Area. Offenders use hammers to shatter display cases, fill bags with jewelry and flee in getaway vehicles before police arrive. Police recovered hammers, a replica handgun, a diamond ring, balaclavas, jewelry boxes and broken glass linked to a series of incidents. At least 60 similar incidents occurred in Ontario this year, and police report a growing pattern of adults recruiting minors for the robberies, with claims that youth offenders would face minimal custody.
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