By Pepper Parr
BURLINGTON, ON February 7, 2012 – Perfectly innocent people are victimized by crime and when that criminal is a gun toting youth sticking a gun in your face and ordering you to get down on the floor – becoming a victim takes on a whole new meaning. Few people ever recover from an armed robbery. The trauma is with them for the rest of their lives.
Last Sunday at around 7:00 a.m., two men, one armed with a handgun, entered the Real Convenience Mart, located at 5353 Lakeshore Rd., Burlington.
The firearm was pointed directly at the store clerk, death threats were made and the clerk was ordered to the ground.
The men stole the cash content of the till and the ATM located inside the store – not sure how they managed to do that but that is what the police reported.
The suspects also took several cartons of cigarettes and lottery tickets, which were all stuffed into a duffel bag. The clue that these two were not in the genius category is in the theft of lottery tickets. True justice would have them stealing a ticket worth a couple of million – but these idiots wouldn’t be able to collect on it because the lottery people know where every ticket is sold – cash a winning ticket and they’ve got you.
These two geniuses were described by police as follows:
Suspect # 1
Description: male, white, 20-25 years of age, 5’9 to 6’0 tall, approximately 175 – 180 lbs, average build, short dirty blonde hair with receding hairline, fair complexion.
Clothing: Dark coloured jacket with “New York” on the back with a possible Yankees patch on the front. White hoodie underneath the jacket, dark jeans, and white runners.
Suspect # 2
Description: male, white, 20-25 years of age, 5’6 to 5’7 tall, approximately 140 – 150 lbs, slim build, with dark hair, fair complexion. Lettered tattoos on his right forearm.
Clothing: Dark coloured jacket, dark jeans, white runners.
They are believed to have fled the scene in a newer model sedan, possibly a Toyota Corolla or Camry.
Anyone with information that would assist in this investigation is asked to contact the Burlington Criminal Investigations Bureau at 905 825-4747 x2315, Crime Stoppers at 1 800 222-TIPS(8477), through the web at www.haltoncrimestoppers.com or by texting “Tip201” with your message to 274637(crimes).
