Smash and grabs: Latest Ontario jewellery store robbery leads to 4 charged [Video]

Four people were charged after a smash and grab robbery at a jewellery store in Hamilton Thursday night, police say.

The robbery, which happened in the Ancaster neighbourhoood, is the third this week across Ontario’s most populated region.

Hamilton police said at roughly 8:50 p.m. Dec. 5, a vehicle reversed through the front window of the business. The suspects pointed a gun at the store’s owner before smashing the display cases. The store owner was hurt, and was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Five people were arrested, Hamilton police said. Four people were charged, including a youth. Police said they are seeking another suspect.

Shortly after noon in Markham Wednesday, York Regional Police were called to a robbery at a jewellery store near McCowan Road and Highway 7. Police said they were told suspects were using hammers to smash glass cases.

As officers were close to arriving at the …