Two arsons at Pickering business prompts manhunt for unidentified trio

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Published December 27, 2024 at 10:52 am

Three unidentified suspects are wanted after two attempts to set a Pickering shop ablaze.

Durham Regional Police report three suspects have twice targeted the Bay Ridges Market at 713 Krosno Boulevard. The business is a convenience store off Liverpool Road down by Frenchman’s Bay.

In the first attempt, a man broke into the store shortly after 3 a.m. on May 8. The man broke in through the glass front door and began spreading a flammable liquid inside the shop. He managed to ignite the fuel and then flee.

However, the business remained and continued operation. On May 19, multiple suspects returned to the store and set another blaze around 5 a.m. Again the men fled the scene before first responders arrived.

The first suspect is a slim Black man wearing a black mask, a black Nike hoodie, black pants, and black shoes. The second is a Black man with a medium build wearing a black puffer jacket, a black hoodie, black pants, and black & white shoes. Finally, the third suspect was also a slim Black man wearing a black Nike hoodie, black pants, long white socks, black shoes, and white gloves.

 

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