Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged five people in connection with a jewellery store robbery in Collingwood.
On Friday, June 20, at around 5 p.m., police say officers responded to reports of a robbery in progress at D.C. Taylor Jewellers on Hurontairo Street.
"Multiple masked individuals entered the store armed with tools and forcibly removed merchandise before fleeing the scene in a motor vehicle," provincial police said in a news release on Monday.
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The Collingwood OPP Crime Unit have arrested and charged five individuals with the following:
- 21-year-old from Mississauga charged with robbery with violence and possession of break-instruments
- 19-year-old from Toronto charged with robbery with violence, possession of break-in instruments, disguise with intent, and possession of property obtained by crime
- 16-year-old from Pickering, charged with robbery with violence, possession of break-in instruments, disguise with intent, and possession of property obtained by crime
- 15-year-old from Mississauga charged with robbery with violence, possession of break-in instruments, possession of property obtained by crime
- 17-year-old from Brampton charged with robbery with violence, disguise with intent, possession of break-in instruments, possession of property obtained by crime, two counts of fail to comply with a sentence.
The accused are to appear in court at a later date.
