The lone 16-year-old is believed to have used a fake gun during the overnight break-ins, which targeted businesses across Vaughan and the GTA.
A 16-year-old boy from Mississauga is facing 17 charges in connection to multiple lone break and enters that targeted businesses across Vaughan and the GTA, according to police.
In a press release issued Wednesday, York Regional Police said that a specialist investigations team and Peel Regional Police began an joint investigation into the break-and-enters in March, which found that the teenager broke into businesses overnight, targeting safes and cash.
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This is the second arrest after an 18-year-old man was charged earlier in May on seven charges related to the incident.
“The suspects demanded cash, jewelry and the keys to the victim’s Lamborghini,” York Regional Police said in a news release.
The 17-year-old boy was charged with two counts of reckless firearm discharge, two counts of conspiracy to commit an indictable…
The masked men are believed to have been targeting the victim for a kidnapping, police say.
At search warrants connected to the investigation, police seized items including a firearm, drugs and over $180,00 in cash.
A 32-year-old has been charged over the incident, which took place at a store on May 12, police said.
