Auto thieves are in your driveway checking out your expensive vehicles as you sleep.
One man has been arrested and three others are at large after two Etobicoke homes were broken into by thieves demanding car keys.
In both cases the thieves took off with high-end vehicles parked in the driveways.
Police said on December 13 around 5:52 a.m. they responded to a home in the Islington and Dixon Road Avenues area following a robbery.
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In that theft, four suspects gained entry to a home and demanded the victim’s car keys, detectives said.
No one was injured in any of the incidents.
About six weeks later, on February 1, around 3:39 a.m. police were called to a home invasion in the Martin Grove and Burnhamthorpe Roads area.
Police alleged that four suspects again gained entry into a residence and demanded car keys.
Two weeks later, on February 16, police executed a search warrant against a Finch Avenue West and Darcel Avenue home, in Mississauga.
The searched turned up key evidence linking the thefts.
One man was arrested and three are on the run from police in most recent area car thefts.
Chessen Johnston, 28, of Mississauga, has been charged with robbery with violence, robbery, two counts of break and enter, two counts of disguise with intent and conspiracy to commit an indictable offence.
He was scheduled to appear in court at the Toronto Regional Bail Centre, 2201 Finch Avenue West, on February 23.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-7350, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), or at www.222tips.com
The arrest was made by officers of a Provincial Carjacking Joint Task Force (PCJTF) formed to go after those involved in violent car thefts.