3 teen boys charged after Toronto carjacking, police release helicopter video of arrests

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· Posted: Mar 12, 2025 5:23 PM EDT | Last Updated: 6 minutes ago

Three teen boys who were chased by constabulary connected ft and successful a chopper person been arrested and charged successful a carjacking successful Toronto connected the weekend.

Toronto constabulary person released chopper footage of the arrests of the Toronto youths — 2 16-year-olds and 1 17-year-old — aft the carjacking connected Saturday evening.

Police said the conveyance was stolen from the country of Victoria Park Avenue and Sheppard Avenue E. in North York and stopped successful the country of Neilson and Ellesmere roads in Scarborough.

York Regional Police's chopper helped Toronto constabulary way the teens as they made their mode done a residential country aft fleeing from the stopped stolen vehicle.

"I privation to commend our members for making different outstanding carjacking arrest, reinforcing our committedness to tackling this ongoing contented and keeping our metropolis safe," Toronto constabulary Chief Myron Demkiw said successful a quality merchandise connected Wednesday.

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In the release, Toronto constabulary said the incidental began erstwhile they responded to a robbery telephone around 8:36 p.m. connected Saturday successful the area. 

Police allege a idiosyncratic was seated successful a conveyance erstwhile a teen lad got into the car done a rear door. The teen produced a knife, held it against the person's pharynx and demanded the keys. The idiosyncratic handed implicit the keys earlier getting retired of the vehicle, according to police.

"The fishy past fled the scene, driving distant successful the victim's vehicle," constabulary said.

Police said officers rapidly recovered the stolen conveyance and saw respective radical getting into it earlier it was driven away.

Police said the officers tracked the vehicle, with the assistance of Toronto constabulary dispatchers, until it stopped successful Scarborough.

According to police, officers tried to artifact the vehicle, but it drove implicit a snowbank and allegedly deed 2 constabulary vehicles earlier stopping.

"Officers were capable to instrumentality the 3 occupants into custody aft a little conflict and abbreviated ft pursuit," constabulary said successful the release.

None of the teen boys tin beryllium named nether the provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

All 3 were scheduled to look successful bail tribunal connected March 9.