周四晚上,多伦多北约克经历了一个暴力之夜,短短3个小时内发生了5起暴力劫车和抢劫事件。同一犯罪团伙携带大屠刀和枪支,袭击和洗劫了数名市民和商家。
目前警方已经逮捕两名嫌疑人,仍有一名嫌疑人在逃。
第1起
2月16日晚上11点30分左右,警方接报Keele Street和Lepage Court地区发生一起刺伤案。
据警方称,当时一名60多岁的男性受害者正在停车,两名男子从另一辆黑色轿车上下来,向他索要车钥匙。双方发生了一场搏斗,其中一名嫌疑人用一把大屠刀朝受害者的头部砍了两刀。
嫌疑人随后离开,没有抢走受害人的车。
警方称,受害人在医院接受了治疗,没有生命危险,有望康复。
第2起
2月17日凌晨12点15分,警方接报位于Steeles Avenue West和Bathurst地区的一家商店遭抢劫。
警方称,两名男子持枪进入一家商店,并索要现金、香烟和电子烟产品,随后他们带着现金和偷来的物品逃离。
第3起
凌晨12点45分,同一伙劫匪又在Yorkdale商场附近的Bathurst Avenue和Haddington Avenue地区抢劫了一群站在街上的人。
警方称,一辆黑色轿车驶近这群路人后,随后两名持枪男子从车上下来,从这群人身上抢走一些个人物品后逃离现场。
第4起
凌晨1点15分,三名男子持枪进入一家位于Keele Street和York Boulevard的商店,最后携带大量现金、香烟和彩票逃走。
第5起
凌晨1点50分,警方接报Bayview和Cummer avenue地区又发生暴力劫车案。一名受害者坐在车中,在枪口下被劫走汽车。
受害人徒步逃跑,两名嫌疑人开着被盗的汽车逃跑。
警方在周五的新闻稿中说,“来自33分局的警员迅速做出反应,对周边地区进行了搜查,很快就追踪到被盗车辆,并逮捕了两名男子。“
警方在逮捕过程中缴获一把上膛的手枪和弹药。
42岁多伦多居民Giorgi Tchintcharashvili、29岁多伦多居民Jaba Suarishvili面临47项严重指控,包括持枪抢劫和袭击他人造成身体伤害罪。
警方表示,第三名嫌疑人仍然在逃,他被视为“武装且危险”。
来源链接:
https://www.tps.ca/media-centre/news-releases/55250/
Case #: 2023-375378 February 17, 2023, 10:36 AM
The Toronto Police Service Hold Up Squad would like to make the public aware of two arrests made in a robbery investigation.
Between Thursday, February 16, 2023 and Friday, February 17, 2023, Toronto Police Service and York Regional Police responded to five separate robbery calls. The accused parties committed two carjacking robberies, two retail robberies and a street level robbery in less than three hours.
On Thursday, February 16, 2023, at 11:34 p.m., police responded to a call for a stabbing in the Keele Street and Lepage Court area.
It is alleged that:
the victim was parking their vehicle when a black sedan pulled up
On Friday, February 17, 2023, at 12:15 a.m., police responded to a call for a Robbery in the Steeles Avenue West and Bathurst Street area.
It is alleged that:
On Friday, February 17, 2023, at 12:45 a.m., police responded to a call for a Robbery in the Bathurst Avenue and Haddington Avenue area.
It is alleged that:
On Friday, February 17, 2023, at 1:15 a.m., police responded to a call for a Robbery in the Keele Street and York Boulevard area.
It is alleged that:
On Friday, February 17, 2023, at 1:50 a.m., police responded to a call for a Robbery in the Bayview Avenue and Cummer Avenue area.
it is alleged that:
Officers from 33 Division responded quickly, conducting a search of the surrounding area. The stolen vehicle was located, while being driven by the two men. The officers conducted a high-risk take down of the vehicle, and the men were taken into custody.
It is further alleged that:
Giorgi Tchintcharashvili, 42, of Toronto, was charged with:
He was scheduled to appear in court for a Bail Hearing on Friday, February 17, 2023, at 10:00 am at the Toronto North Court, 1000 Finch Avenue West, Room 306.
Jaba Suarishvili, 29, of Toronto, was charged with:
He was scheduled to appear in court for a Bail Hearing on Friday, February 17, 2023, at 10:00 am at the Toronto North Court, 1000 Finch Avenue West, Room 306.
One male suspect described as dark-skinned remains unidentified and is to be considered armed and dangerous.
The victim who suffered from the stab wounds is in non-life threatening condition, and is expected to recover.
The stolen victim’s vehicle has been recovered.
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.
Suspects arrested after overnight crime spree in North York, police say
Police have arrested two people in connection with a rash of violent robberies and carjackings that occurred over the span of less than three hours overnight.
Police say that the suspects are believed to be responsible for a total of five incidents that took place in North York between 11:30 p.m. and just before 2 a.m.
The first incident occurred near Keele Street and Finch Avenue.
Police say that the victim was parking their vehicle when two men exited another vehicle and demanded they hand over their keys.
A struggle then ensued and one of the men produced a large butcher knife and stabbed the victim twice in the head, police say.
The suspects ultimately fled the scene without the victim’s vehicle.
The victim, a man believed to be in his 60s, was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries and is expected to recover.
Police allege that the same suspects struck again about 45 minutes later, this time robbing a store near Steeles Avenue and Bathurst Street at gunpoint.
Then about 30 minutes later, at around 12:45 a.m., a third incident occurred.
Police say that a group of people were standing together in the Bathurst Avenue and Haddington Avenue area when a dark sedan approached and two men armed with handguns got out.
The two men took a number of personal belongings from the group before fleeing the scene, police say.
It is believed that the same suspects subsequently robbed a store near Keele Street and York Boulevard at gunpoint about 30 minutes after that, police say.
They fled the scene after obtaining an unknown quantity of cash, cigarettes and lotto tickets.
But the alleged crime spree wasn’t over.
Police say that the suspects then stole a vehicle from a victim who was parked near Bayview Avenue and Cummer Avenue at around 1:50 a.m.
Two men armed with handguns approached the car, police say. One of them got into the passenger seat and demanded the keys, prompting the victim to flee on foot.
“Officers from 33 Division responded quickly, conducting a search of the surrounding area. The stolen vehicle was located, while being driven by the two men,” police said in a news release.
“The officers conducted a high-risk take down of the vehicle, and the men were taken into custody. At the time of the arrest, officers recovered a loaded handgun and an additional loaded magazine.”
The two suspects taken into custody have been identified as Giorgi Tchintcharashvili, 42, of Toronto and Jaba Suarishvili, 29, of Toronto.
The pair are facing 47 combined charges, including robbery with a firearm and assault causing bodily harm.
Police say that a third male suspect remains outstanding and should be considered “armed and dangerous.”