These are the types of crimes that lead to calls for youth crime initiatives -- and rightly so. What could motivate such crimes from such youths? An interesting sidenote for gun control -- none of these especially horrific robberies involve firearms ...
Police nab suspects in 32 armed robberies
TIMOTHY APPLEBY
March 11, 2009
Three Brampton teens are in custody and a fourth suspect is on the run, all alleged to have used knives, meat cleavers and masks in a 32-store string of armed robberies described as one of the most concerted crime rampages the Toronto hold-up squad has seen in years.
The trio were arrested in Etobicoke late on Monday afternoon, after patrolling police officers attached to the Toronto Anti-Violence Intervention Strategy - a community policing initiative that targets violent offenders - spotted four young men loitering in a laneway near Lakeshore Boulevard West and 31st Street.
The suspects fled, two of them discarding butcher knives. Three of the group, aged 18 and 19, were caught nearby, while the fourth escaped.
The arrests were quickly linked to a series of Toronto-wide robberies that began in the second week of December and targeted retail outlets in general and gas stations in particular.
Police believe the four suspects were about to commit a 33rd robbery when they were interrupted.
"These were takeover-style robberies, violent robberies, and [the perpetrators] were all masked and armed with meat cleavers and knives," said Detective Sergeant Shawn Getty of the holdup squad.
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