A bunch of smash-and-grab jewelry retailer robbers from Stratford have been caught and arrested in Kitchener.
Stratford Police stated it occurred round 6:00, Wednesday night, at Paris Jewellers within the Stratford Mall on Ontario Road.
They stated 5 suspects robbed the shop, leaving an worker with minor accidents.
They fled in a white Honda CRV, noticed heading east out of Stratford.
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and Waterloo Regional Police have been despatched a “be on the lookout,” or BOLO alert, concerning the suspect automobile.
Lower than an hour after the theft, the OPP referred to as Stratford Police and stated the automobile had been discovered on the Dawn Centre in Kitchener, at Ottawa Road South and Fischer-Hallman Highway.
Upon additional investigation police additionally stated a second automobile was found in a ditch on Highway 111 close to Freeway 7/8 and was imagine to be stolen from the Toronto space.
4 of the 5 suspects have been arrested, and regional police carried out a seek for the fifth, however that suspect remains to be at giant.
The suspects have been recognized as a 15-year-old from Toronto, a 16-year-old from Richmond Hill and a 17-year-old from Springhill, Nova Scotia. As well as, the fourth suspect has been recognized as 27-year-old Julian Johnson of Richmond Hill.
Police have laid 55 charges in complete between the 4 people that embrace, theft, disguise with intent, forcible confinement, breach of probation and assault with a weapon.
Julian Johnson can be going through charges from incidents that occurred whereas he was in police custody together with, assaulting a police officer by biting and spitting on them.
Stratford Police thanked OPP and WRPS, and “to the staff members and witnesses for the information provided, which led to the quick arrest of these suspects.”
570 NewsRadio has reached out to police to see if these suspects are thought-about to be the identical suspects from two latest tried robberies at jewelry shops in Conestoga Mall in Waterloo.
