Teen breaks into home following botched cellphone robbery in Ontario: police [Video]

Charges have been laid against a Brampton teenager after police say a suspect broke into a home while running from cops following a botched cellphone store holdup.

The robbery happened around 5:40 p.m. on Wednesday when a group of male suspects tried to hold up a Rogers store on Fairview Street in Burlington, Halton Regional Police say.

Police say the suspects threatened staff and made demands for them to open the store’s time-delayed safe.

But a Good Samaritan saw the robbery taking place and called police, who arrived on the scene before the safe was opened.

The suspects fled the store in a silver Honda CRV, which police say had been reported stolen from Toronto.

Police gave chase and say the suspects abandoned the Honda before fleeing on foot.

“After a series of foot pursuits, police arrested three suspects, including one male who broke into a nearby home when attempting …