Another teen arrested after violent attacks in Mount Pearl, 4 now face charges for separate assault | CBC News

Police have charged a seventh youth in connection to two violent attacks in Mount Pearl last week, while more charges have also been laid on four from the group after a separate attack in the community on Nov. 8.

The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary said Friday evening that a male youth faces two counts of aggravated assault and assault with a weapon, along with one count of armed robbery and uttering threats. The charges are tied to two attacks on different parts of Roosevelt Avenue said to have happened a week ago.

Additionally, the young male also faces charges of assault with a weapon and property damage — along with three others connected to Friday’s attacks — following an attack at a restaurant on Commonwealth Avenue on Nov. 8.

Const. James Cadigan told CBC News the Nov. 8 attack happened between St. David’s Avenue and Edinburgh Drive. A man was assaulted and sustained minor injuries that didn’t require medical attention, he said.

Cadigan said the victim wasn’t known to the attackers, adding the youth were outside the restaurant for a period of time and did engage verbally before the assault.

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The youth charged in the Nov. 8 attack range between the ages of 13 and 15, and were set to appear in provincial court on Friday.

“What I can tell you is that the three accused youth in this case, from the event on Nov. 8, are also accused in the case that occurred in Mount Pearl last Friday,” Cadigan told CBC News prior to the fourth arrest being announced.

“The information we receive from the community leads us in the right direction, and allows us to bring lawful conclusion to these investigations.”

Mount Pearl Mayor Dave Aker praised the RNC for their work when speaking with CBC News on Friday.

“I think that gets some of the children off our streets that are causing all the problems,” he said. “Moving forward, we want to make sure incidences like this don’t happen again.”

Aker said the city is hosting a town hall event on Tuesday to allow residents to discuss safety and potential solutions to the amount of recent youth violence in the city.

Part of that solution includes the role of the justice system, he said, and how it deals with those responsible.

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