Toronto police have laid charges in connection with an alleged May crime spree involving two drugstore robberies and a carjacking in Mississauga and Toronto.
Toronto police said officers responded to drugstore robberies in Toronto and Mississauga on May 5 and May 7, respectively.
In both incidents, three male suspects entered the pharmacies in disguise.
One suspect pulled out a gun and demanded money and drugs, police said, before the suspects fled with the money and drugs.
Then on May 9, police responded to a carjacking in the area of Rexdale Boulevard and Islington Avenue.
According to police, two male suspects wearing masks approached a 46-year-old woman while she was standing next to her parked car, pointed a gun and demanded her car keys.
The suspects then took her keys and fled the area in a stolen car, police said.
Investigators were able to identify one of the suspects and a day later officers from the Guns and Gang Task Force allegedly observed that suspect driving a vehicle with two other men inside in the area of Finch Avenue West and Kipling Avenue.
Officers attempted to stop the vehicle, but the suspect began driving erratically and fled the area, police said.
Police said they subsequently identified a second suspect in connection with their investigation.
Officers arrested a 17-year-old boy in Toronto on July 3 and has since been charged with three counts of robbery with a firearm, three counts of concealment with intent and two counts of conspiracy to commit an indictable offence.
He cannot be referred under the terms of the Youth Criminal Justice Act. He appeared in court on July 4.
Police said Saturday that another suspect surrendered to police on July 14.
Ahmed Abdirahman, 21, of Toronto, has been charged with three counts of robbery with a firearm, three counts of concealment with intent, two counts of conspiracy to commit an indictable offense and dangerous operation of a motor vehicle.
He appeared in court on July 15.
A third suspect remains unidentified, police said Saturday.
Police are asking anyone with more information to contact investigators.
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