SURREY - - A 15-year-old Surrey boy has been charged with four counts of robbery related to a string of cell phone store robberies in Newton and Whalley.
The boy's name cannot be published because the Youth Criminal Justice Act shields his identity."While this is great news for many businesses in our community," Surrey RCMP Cpl. Bert Paquet said of the arrest, "our investigation into these robberies is still very active. Our officers are now focusing their efforts on bringing further criminal charges against other persons believed to be involved in these offences."In March and April there were four daytime robberies at cell phone stores in Whalley and Newton.Two robbers hit a store in the 12800-block of 96th Avenue on March 25th; a store in the 8300-block of 128th Street was hit twiceon April 3rd and April 11th; and on April 17th a store in the 13500-block of 88th Avenue was robbed.