Ontario’s York Regional Police have charged 12 youths for a string of swarming-style robberies in the City of Vaughan in June, near Canada’s Wonderland and the surrounding area.
The youths were arrested and charged with multiple offences, including robbery, assault, mischief under $5,000, and causing a disturbance, the police said in a statement on July 20.
“In all of these incidents, victims reported being swarmed and robbed by a large group of young people in the evening hours,” the police said, adding that many victims were teenagers.
According to a charge list, all of the 12 arrested were teenagers, with the youngest being 13 years old….