A 21-year-old man has been charged in reference to an tried armed carjacking in Pickering the place suspects allegedly used automobiles resembling unmarked police automobiles.
In a launch issued on Monday, Durham Regional Police Service (DRPS) mentioned on June 9 at about 11:45 p.m. they responded to a 911 name close to the intersection of Taunton and New Whites roads.
Police mentioned a caller reported that three suspects tried to steal their car at gunpoint.
Based on police, the sufferer was travelling eastbound on Taunton when the motive force of a pickup truck pulled up behind his car and activated the flashing lights, which resembled an unmarked police automotive.
A second car additionally approached and activated flashing lights on the similar time, police mentioned.
Three males then allegedly approached the sufferer’s car, one in every of whom was believed to have a firearm, and tried getting into the sufferer’s automotive.
The sufferer, nonetheless, didn’t imagine that they had been officers as they didn’t see something that recognized them as police.
Investigators mentioned the sufferer was in a position to manoeuvre their car across the suspect automobiles and drive away.
On Oct. 25, members of DRPS’s Theft Unit attended a residence in Richmond Hill and arrested a male suspect with out incident.
Jalani Grove, 21, of no mounted tackle, is charged with theft and fail to adjust to launch order. He was held for a bail listening to.
Police mentioned the investigation is ongoing and that two suspects stay excellent. They didn’t present any particulars concerning the remaining suspects.
Anybody who was within the space and witnessed any of the interplay, or anybody who might have cellphone, dashcam, or surveillance video is requested to contact
Anybody with details about this incident is requested to contact Det. Const. Crosbie of the Theft Unit at 1-888-579-1520, ext. 5360, or Crime Stoppers anonymously.
