A 17-year-old with a gun is accused of a carjacking at Islington and Jutland on May 5.
A 17-year-old has been arrested by police and charged with having a gun and seven other offences in a two-day crime spree.
The young offender, who cannot be identified, was sought for a May 5 at 11:42 p.m. carjacking with a gun in the Islington Avenue and Jutland Road area.
Toronto Police said the victim was sitting in his car when he was approached on the driver’s side by two suspects, one who had a handgun and the other who sprayed him with pepper spray.
The young offender and three others also allegedly used a firearm to rob a Scarborough store.
The culprits took control of the victim’s vehicle and fled the scene.
Three days later, on May 8 at 12:40 p.m. the suspect was alleged to be involved in an armed store robbery in the Kingston Road and Midland Avenue area.
Police alleged four suspects entered a retail business, where one pulled out a firearm and aimed it at employees.
The suspects made demands for the victims to open the cash register, before taking cash, clothing and other items and fleeing the store.
A suspect was arrested and others are at large in connection with the carjacking and armed store robbery.
On January 16, officers of a Provincial Car Jacking Task Force (PCJTF), with the assistance of the Emergency Task Force and the 22 Division Major Crime Unit executed three search warrants in relation to the investigation, and some evidence were seized.
That same day the 17-year-old, of Toronto, was arrested and charged with eight counts of weapons, wearing a disguise, forcible confinement, property obtained by crime and robbery related offences.
The youth appeared at Ontario Court of Justice on January 17.
The PCJTF was formed to target the rising incidents of violence related to auto crimes across the GTA.
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.