clarinews@clarinet.com (walker/standard broadcast news) (02/03/90)
(OSHAWA) After a three-week investigation, Durham Regional Police have cracked a shoplifting ring in Oshawa. Police say over the past several months, anywhere between 20 to 30 youths were recruited to steal merchandise from stores in the Oshawa Centre. The gang seems to have been run by two men...33-year-old Riyas Nurani of Rexdale and 19-year-old Aaron Szimanski of Oshawa. Two young offenders were also arrested. Police say the youths were given lists of things to steal, and the stolen articles were then turned over to people who were working at a store in the mall (T-Shirt Gallery). All four were charged with theft under one-thousand dollars, possession of stolen property and conspiracy to commit theft.