Two suspected serial car thieves were pulled out of his rolled car by police in the Eva Road and West Mall area. Courtesy CityNews.
These brazen serial car thieves rolled one car, crashed into two police cars and injured a cop as they tried to escape police.
Two thieves who allegedly broke into three South Etobicoke homes in 10 days to steal car keys for the homeowners’ luxury vehicles have been arrested by a special police task force.
The men injured one Toronto Police officer and left a trail of destruction as they tried to flee officers of a newly-created Provincial Carjacking Task Force.
Two undercover police cars were crashed into by suspected car thieves as they tried to evade arrest. Courtesy CityNews.
The suspects allegedly crashed into two police undercover cars and flipped another as they tried to evade being stopped by the task force, 22 Division Major Crime Unit and the Emergency Task Force, according to police.
One officer suffered minor injuries and a suspect had to be pulled out from the flipped vehicle by police in the Eva Road and West Mall area on December 18, police said.
The accuseds were being watched for three home invasions in which they stole car keys for high end vehicles which are shipped abroad for resale or used to commit crimes.
Security cameras capture a suspected thief as he works on stealing a vehicle.
The first incident occurred on December 3 after police responded to a break and entry call in the Thompson Avenue and Van Dusen Boulevard area.
Police said the suspects forced their way into a home while the occupants were asleep and stole their car keys and fled in their car.
Ten days later on December 13 around 3 a.m. the suspects forced their way into another home in the Islington Avenue and Summitcrest Drive area, police said
Alleged thief scouts out a vehicle for theft in this security camera shot by police.
As they tried to break in, the homeowners’ were awoken by several loud bangs at the front door. The owners went downstairs and were confronted by two suspects, who demanded their car keys.
This time the thieves stole two sets of keys and fled with two of the homeowner’s cars.
That was not the end for these busy and brazen crooks.
That same night about two hours later around 5:07 a.m. the same suspects forced their way into a third home in the Dixon Road and McArthur Street area, according to the task force.
Thief at work trying to steal a high-end vehicle that will probably end up being resold overseas.
Again the homeowners’ were asleep and was awakened and there was a confrontation with one of the suspects, according to police.
The suspects stole the victim’s car keys and fled the scene with his car. The victim this time suffered minor injuries.
By now the task force had a handle on the thieves and the crash and car roll over occurred as police were chasing them.
The task force was formed to stem the rising incidents of violence related to auto crimes across the GTA. Local police services combined resources and established the task force to co-ordinate law enforcement efforts in combatting these crimes.
Car thieves scour parking lots in search of vehicles like these. Some 33 vehicles are stolen in Toronto daily.
About 33 vehicles are stolen in Toronto every day. More than 11,000 have been stolen so far this year.
Rashid Zulmai, 18, of Toronto, has been arrested and charged with: robbery with violence, two counts of break and enter to commit an indictable offence, three counts of disguise with intent, three counts of conspiracy to commit and indictable offence, two counts of possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000, dangerous operation of a conveyance and two counts of fail to comply with order.
A 16-year-old young offender, who cannot be identified, has also been charged with a long list of similar offences.
The two appeared in separate courts for bail hearings on December 19.