NEWS RELEASE
NIAGARA REGIONAL POLICE
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On Monday Jan. 29 at 8:44 p.m., 1 District (St. Catharines/Thorold) uniform officers from the Niagara Regional Police Service attended the Pen Centre shopping mall located at 221 Glendale Avenue in the City of St. Catharines for a robbery in progress. Information was that four unknown masked males entered the Pen Centre and attempted to commit robberies at Kavar Jewellers and Griffin Jewellers simultaneously.
Investigation revealed that two suspects entered Griffin Jewellers, where they began to smash the glass show cases with a hammer. The suspects stole assorted jewelry and ran from the store.
At Kavar Jewellers, two other suspects entered the store, demanded cash and assaulted an employee however both suspects were chased out by a bystander without obtaining any currency.
No employees or members of the public were physically injured. There was a significant amount of damage caused to Griffin Jewellers.
The suspects ran through the mall to the exit closest to Sport-Check/Fit4less on the northeast side of the mall where they got into a 2022 grey Honda CRV. The Honda was stolen from Etobicoke on Jan. 28.
On Jan. 30 at approximately 4:30 a.m., the stolen vehicle was located abandoned in Toronto.
The unknown suspects are still outstanding and are considered armed and dangerous. The suspects are described as:
Suspect 1:
- Male
- 18-28 years old
- Dark skin tone
Suspect 2:
- Male
- 18-28 years old
- White
Suspect 3:
- Male
- 18-28 years old
- Dark skin tone
Suspect 4:
- Unknown
The two individuals that committed the robbery within the Griffin Jewellers appeared to be wearing “Bape" hooded sweatshirts as per the pattern and graphics on the hood.
Detectives with 1 District have taken carriage of the investigation. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the investigating officers by calling 905-688-4111, option 3, extension 1009590.
Members of the public who wish to provide information anonymously can contact Crime Stoppers of Niagara online or by calling 1-800-222-8477. Crime Stoppers offers cash rewards to persons who contact the program with information which leads to an arrest.
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