West-end Toronto break-ins leave small business owners worried [Video]

Toronto police are searching for a pair of suspects after a series of break-ins at multiple west-end businesses on the morning of New Year’s Eve.

It is alleged the man and woman attended six different commercial premises on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024, between 1:30 a.m. and 4:30 a.m., in the Queen Street West and Ossington Avenue area.

Police say the man used a rock to break the front door, targeting the cash tills once inside the premises, while the woman remained a lookout and used her backpack to conceal the stolen property.

Global News contacted several business owners in the area who shared their own recent experiences with break and enters.

Jonathan Larrad, the owner of Spanish Pig on Roncesvalles Avenue, was alerted by his store’s alarm company last week that someone had entered in the middle of the night. When he arrived several minutes later, he found the damage …