Youths banned from carrying weapons facing more GTA charges

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Three youths prohibited from carrying weapons were among five people charged after guns were seized during a robbery investigation in Durham Region.

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Durham Regional Police announced the arrests on Tuesday, saying they were linked to an early Sunday morning robbery in Toronto where a limo driver was allegedly threatened with a firearm before a passenger’s backpack was taken from the trunk.

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The passenger was not in the vehicle at the time of the robbery and no one suffered physical injuries.

Police said the suspect fled in a second limo that was found by officers in the Kingston-Liverpool Rds. area of Pickering and stopped. The seven occupants – two of whom were released unconditionally – were taken into custody.

They said three firearms were seized, two of which had prohibited overcapacity magazines, and cash was found. Police said one of the firearms had an altered serial number and the other was stolen from the U.S.

Nicole Marie Prout, 47, and Elias Mahamoud-Hill, 19, both of Toronto, were both charged with offences including possessing a firearm with no licence, possessing a prohibited/restricted device and tampering with the serial number of a firearm.

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Hill was also charged with breach of probation and was facing a weapon prohibition at the time of his arrest.

A 14-year-old male and 15-year-old male, both from Toronto, and a 17-year-old male from Ajax were charged with similar offences. All three were facing weapon prohibitions, one was facing curfew conditions and another house arrest conditions.

Anyone with video footage or other information about the incident are asked to contact police at 1-888-579-1520, Ext. 1905, or Durham Regional Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477 or durhamregionalcrimestoppers.ca.

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Police said they responded to a shooting on Monday at about 1 a.m. outside of the restaurant at 368 Bayly St. W. after receiving reports of shots being fired after a physical altercation.

A large group of people fled when cops arrived. No injuries were reported to police.

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Anyone with video footage or other information about the incident are asked to contact police at 1-888-579-1520, Ext. 1905, or Durham Regional Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-8477 or durhamregionalcrimestoppers.ca.

Suspect sought in restaurant break-in

Toronto Police are asking for help in identifying a suspect accused of a restaurant heist in the city’s east end.

Police said a man broke into a restaurant in the Main St.-Gerrard St. E. area on April 16 at about 7 a.m. and stole a “quantity of items” before fleeing northbound on Main by foot.

He has a medium build and was wearing a black jacket, black hooded sweater, black Nike pants and a black baseball hat with the word “MODE” written in red. He was carrying a black backpack.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-5500 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-8477 or 222tips.com.

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