NEWS RELEASE
YORK REGIONAL POLICE
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Investigators with the York Regional Police Hold-Up Unit have arrested a 49-year-old man and are seeking a second suspect following a robbery at a restaurant in the City of Markham.
On Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019 at approximately 2 a.m., York Regional Police responded to an all-day breakfast restaurant located on Kennedy Road just north of Steeles Avenue for reports of a robbery.
Officers learned that two suspects entered the restaurant and one was armed with a firearm. The suspects took cash from the register then fled south on Kennedy Road in a silver Acura four-door sedan.
The owner of the restaurant chased the suspects in his vehicle and was involved in a collision with the suspect vehicle.
The two suspects fled on foot in separate directions. Officers set up a perimeter and officers with the Canine Unit were able to track and locate one of the suspects who had barricaded himself inside a portable washroom. The Emergency Response Unit attended and successfully arrested the suspect.
The investigation is ongoing and the second suspect is still outstanding.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the York Regional Police Hold-Up Unit at 1-866-876-5423, ext. 6631, or call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS, leave an anonymous tip online.
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