Schoolboy, 15, Sentenced over $1.5m Armed Jewel Heist
March 05, 26
(IDEX Online) - A schoolboy aged just 15 has been sentenced for his role in an armed jewelry heist in Toronto, Canada, in which goods worth CAD 2.1m (USD 1.54m) were stolen.
He was one of eight suspects involved in the raid, during which owners and customers at Malabar Gold and Diamonds, in the suburb of Mississauga, were forced to lie on the ground at gunpoint. Nobody was hurt.
The boy was 15 at the time of the incident (September 2024) and cannot be named under Canada's Youth Criminal Justice Act.
He was accused of five counts of robbery, four counts of wearing a disguise with intent, and failing to comply with a release order.
He did not carry a gun in the jewelry raid, but in a subsequent robbery two weeks later, at a store selling cellphones, he pointed a handgun at employees and fired a round into the ceiling, according to Peel Regional Police's Central Robbery Bureau.
The boy, who spent 116 days in custody before sentencing, was sentenced to 204 days in open custody. He was given a weapons ban and ordered to attend school and counselling.