Police in Hamilton are on the lookout for extra suspects allegedly concerned in a sequence of ambush-style robberies the place the victims had been lured by way of the adult-only relationship app, Grindr.
Three youths have already been arrested in reference to the robberies, which police mentioned occurred on the Hamilton Mountain between Aug. 22 and Aug. 29.
In line with investigators, the suspects misrepresented themselves to “several” people on the LGBTQ2S+ platform and proceeded to ambush and extort them once they met in particular person.
In at the very least one occasion on Aug. 23, one sufferer was allegedly attacked by three suspects and held at gunpoint. Throughout that point, police mentioned, the suspects stole the sufferer’s telephone and used it to make a monetary transaction.
In one other incident earlier that night, a sufferer was allegedly attacked by the identical suspects after they met randomly on the road. In that case, the sufferer was compelled into his house at gunpoint the place his gaming station was stolen, police mentioned.
The three youth suspects in police custody, who can’t be recognized underneath the phrases of the Youth Prison Justice Act, are every going through two counts of theft with a firearm.
In an replace on Tuesday, police launched photographs of a number of extra suspects wished in reference to the investigation.
“Police acknowledge the delicate nature of those crimes, and are interesting to the general public for any assist in figuring out the accountable events pictured,” police mentioned in a information launch.
Investigators are asking anybody with info to contact Det. Cst. El-Hassen at 905-546-8927 or Crime Stoppers anonymously.
