Toronto police say a teenager is facing a long list of charges in connection with multiple pharmacy robberies and one bank robbery across the Greater Toronto Area.
Police said over a 2.5-month period, between Sept. 3 and Nov. 21, officers across multiple jurisdictions, including Toronto and Peel and Halton regions, responded to 14 pharmacy robberies and one bank robbery.
Investigators say a group of boys were travelling in stolen vehicles and engaged in armed robberies.
During the robberies, several boys entered and committed “takeover-style” robberies, police say.
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“They would rush in and start making demands for narcotics and cash,” they said.
They also said during some incidents, the suspects used a handgun or a knife and “other suspects used physical violence to control any shoppers or employees inside the stores.”
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In most of the pharmacy robberies, police said the suspects were able to take cash and narcotics.
During one bank robbery, investigators said the suspects fled empty-handed.
The suspects would then escape the area in a vehicle waiting nearby, police said.
Investigators were able to identify one suspect.
A 15-year-old boy was arrested during a search warrant on Wednesday.
The boy is facing robbery, robbery with a firearm, assault, disguising with intent, uttering death threats, possession of property obtained by crime, among other charges.
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