Police arrest man after armed robbery at Seaway Mall in Welland
An arrest has been made after an armed robbery at the Seaway Mall in Welland Monday afternoon.
Police say a man armed with a handgun robbed the Peoples Jewellers store at 2:30 yesterday.
The suspect left the area driving a silver Ford Taurus, and that vehicle was later found in the parking lot of a hotel on Lundy’s Lane near the QEW in Niagara Falls.
Officers tracked down the room where the suspect was staying and the Emergency Task Unit and Crisis Negotiators were called in to assist with the arrest.
The male suspect and a woman were arrested without incident when they left the room.
The woman has been released without charges since police believe she did not play a role in the robbery.
27 year old Brandon Jake Raymond Zimmerman of Port Colborne is charged with robbery with a firearm, fail to comply with recognizance of bail, fail to comply with probation order, possession of a weapon contrary to a weapons prohibition order.
The hotel room is still being held by police as they wait for a search warrant.
Men wearing ‘hazmat-type suits’ rob jewellery store in Oakville mall
Halton police are searching for two men after a jewellery store inside an Oakville mall was robbed Thursday night.
Officers were called to the Peoples Jewellers in Oakville Place around 9 p.m.
Police say two men entered the mall wearing white “hazmat-type suits” and went directly to the jewellery store.
Once inside, one of the men began to smash a display case at the back of the store with a crowbar.
The other man sprayed a fire extinguisher directly at the store’s surveillance cameras before both men ransacked the display case. They fled the mall in a dark-coloured SUV.
No one was physically hurt during the incident.
Detectives have released two photographs of the suspects.
Police are asking anyone with dashcam footage in the area around 9 p.m. Thursday to contact investigators.
Anyone with additional information is asked to contact Det. Barry Malciw at 905-825-4747, ext. 2218.