Markham resident talks about home invasion – CP24

A Markham man said he feared for the safety of his wife and two children when five suspects armed with a hammer and a knife broke into his home this week.

Speaking to CP24 Wednesday night, the man, who did not want to be identified, described what happened early Monday morning at his residence in the area of ​​Steeles Avenue East and Grandview Avenue.

He said he was in bed when he heard the crash.

“I thought maybe my kitty dropped some stuff, but it was like a fish,” the man said, so he went downstairs to find five men armed with hammers and a knife.

“I was kind of shocked. I said to them, “Who are you?” And they shouted to me: “Bring the key! Bring the Ferrari key. I need a Ferrari key.”

When the two suspects tried to get to the second floor, the man said he got in the way because his family was upstairs.

“I stopped them. I said, ‘I gave you the key and follow me,'” the man recalled, who then led them to his office room on the main floor, where the keys were.

“I gave them the key and they made me open the garage door because they didn’t have the password and I opened the garage door.”

After seeing another vehicle, a white BMW, blocking the path, the man said the suspects also demanded the keys to that vehicle. He obeyed.

The suspects soon left in their Ferrari and BMW.

While that was happening, the man said his wife, who was locked in the bedroom with their two children, called 911. He said police arrived on the scene minutes after the suspects fled.

York Regional Police released video of the home invasion on Wednesday as they announced that three teenagers had been arrested and two others remain at large.

Video of the incident shows five suspects jumping over a metal fence, and several suspects appear to be carrying hammers.

According to police, the suspects entered the home by breaking down the back door, and once inside, they threatened the victim and demanded the keys to his Ferrari and BMW SUV.

The video later shows the men with the victim opening the garage door for the suspects.

Once inside the garage, one suspect can be seen jumping into a Ferrari. The video shows the suspect attempting to back out of the garage several times before hitting another vehicle parked in the driveway.

Eventually, the suspects take off in a Ferrari and a BMW SUV, which was also in the lane at the time.

The other suspects were seen on camera fleeing the area in a black Acura TLX parked outside. That car was also stolen, police said, and investigators said they suspect it was involved in the Oct. 21 robbery of a jewelry store in Markham.

The stolen Acura was later found in the area of ​​Martin Grove Road and Steeles Avenue, investigators said.

“Members of the squad detained the vehicle and the two youths were taken into custody shortly thereafter,” the police said in a press release.

Police added that the stolen BMW was found near Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue, while the Ferrari was found in the area of ​​Highway 50 and Fogal Road in Brampton.

On Wednesday, members of the Arrest Squad and Emergency Response Units executed a search warrant at a home in Vaughan “regarding a third suspect,” police said.

“While the suspect was not at the residence, he was later located and arrested in the Town of Pickering,” the release said.

Police said the suspects in custody are 15, 16 and 17 years old. They are each charged with one count each of armed robbery, willful concealment and possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000. At the time of the incidents, the 17-year-old was on probation and the 15-year-old was on a warrant for an unrelated crime, police said.

None of the suspects can be identified under the provisions of the Juvenile Criminal Justice Act.

Investigators said they are still looking for two suspects, who they believe are males between the ages of 16 and 20.

“The investigation is ongoing and police would like to speak to anyone who has CCTV or dashcam footage in the area at the time of the incident,” the news release said.

With files from Xijia Liu of CP24