6 teens charged in failed North York jewelry store robbery, police release video

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· Posted: Mar 19, 2025 10:23 AM EDT | Last Updated: 8 minutes ago

Six teenagers person been charged aft attempting to rob a jewelry store successful North York, constabulary say.

The incidental happened connected Friday, portion York constabulary officers were investigating a stolen Acura TLX sedan that was recovered successful Vaughan. Police accidental they identified six radical arsenic being linked to the stolen car.

Officers watched the car arsenic it was driven to an country adjacent Billy Bishop Way and Wilson Avenue, constabulary said successful a quality merchandise Wednesday. Five radical exited the car carrying sledgehammers and bags, constabulary said..

"The suspects ... attempted to unit entry, nevertheless they failed to summation access," the quality merchandise said. 

Police contained the car and arrested six teenagers aft concisely chasing them connected foot, they said. One fishy is outstanding. 

The accused see 2 16-year-olds and a 17-year-old from Toronto. A 16-year-old and a 17-year-old from Brampton, arsenic good arsenic a 17-year-old from Vaughan, person besides been charged. 

They look charges including robbery with a weapon, disguise with intent, possession of a spot obtained by a transgression implicit $5,000.

The 16-year-old from Brampton besides faces 2 courts of disobeying a tribunal order. 

'They are acceptable to bash something,' serviceman says successful video

Police released a video showing the incident, taken from a constabulary helicopter. The footage shows several radical exiting a car successful a plaza. 

"They are masked up, boys, they are acceptable to bash something. They're looking around, they're looking astatine the window," an unidentified serviceman tin beryllium heard saying successful the video. 

The serviceman aboriginal says the accused are smashing successful a model with a hammer, though this cannot beryllium intelligibly seen successful the video. One idiosyncratic appears to beryllium smashing astatine a storefront with an object, earlier the radical goes backmost into the car. 

WATCH | Police merchandise chopper footage of botched jewelry store robbery:

Several unmarked constabulary cars past appear, with 1 boxing successful the car successful the parking space. The radical past exits and tin beryllium seen moving successful the plaza arsenic they are chased by officers. 

The video past shows a idiosyncratic connected the crushed successful the plaza arsenic respective officers basal astir them. 

"All are successful custody … we'll beryllium retired here, bully work," the aforesaid unidentified serviceman is heard saying.