An Etobicoke man has been arrested in connection with a 2019 Guelph store robbery during which four people were zip-tied and assaulted, Guelph police report.
Just before 6 p.m. November 19, 2019, four suspects entered a business near Edinburgh Road South and Stone Road West. Three employees and a customer were detained in a back room before the suspects fled with more than $40,000 worth of cellphones.
One of the suspects was ultimately identified through a DNA sample collected from one of the zip ties used to bind an employee. He is currently in custody on outstanding robbery and weapons offences in other jurisdictions.
A 23-year-old Etobicoke man is charged with robbery and forcible confinement in relation to the Guelph incident. He was held for a bail hearing.
