Security guard foils attempted jewelry store robbery at Waterloo mall

Waterloo regional police at Conestoga Mall on Oct. 10, 2023. (Dan Lauckner/CTV Kitchener)

Investigators are trying to identify six suspects who, they say, intended to rob a jewelry store at Conestoga Mall on Saturday night.

“The males entered the mall, approached the jewelry store, and fled when a store security guard intervened,” Waterloo Regional Police said in a media release.

Officers were called to Conestoga Mall around 6 p.m.

They subsequently learned the suspects arrived at the mall in a grey Honda Civic. The vehicle had been stolen from Toronto earlier in the day and was later found abandoned outside Waterloo Region.

Police shared the following suspect descriptions:

• Suspect #1: Male, wearing a black hoodie, black jogging pants, black face mask, white shoes and white gloves.
• Suspect #2: White male, wearing a grey Adidas hoodie, black pants, black face mask and black shoes. This suspect was the driver of the stolen Civic.
• Suspect #3: Male, wearing a grey hoodie, black jogging pants, black mask, white shoes and black gloves.
• Suspect #4: Male, wearing black clothing.
• Suspect #5: Male, wearing a black jacket with a white fur hood, black pants and black shoes.
• Suspect #6: Male, wearing a black hoodie, black jogging pants, black face mask, white shoes and white gloves.

Witnesses, or anyone else with information on the attempted robbery, are asked to contact Waterloo Regional Police at 519-570-9777, ext. 8255.

Anonymous tips can also be made to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online at www.waterloocrimestoppers.com.