Suspects 'showed no mercy'
Dec 02, 2008 - 04:43 PM
By Jeff Mitchell
OSHAWA -- Workers at a south Oshawa convenience store are in shock after a violent robbery in which their pregnant manager was repeatedly punched in the face by thugs who left a trail of cash behind as they fled.
"It happened so fast," worker Sue Hiscock said of the Monday evening incident at the Reid's Dairy store on Cedar Street south of Wentworth Street. "They showed no mercy."
Ms. Hiscock was working in the store at around 7:30 p.m. when two young men, their faces obscured by hoods, entered. One leapt over the counter and reached into an open cash register while the other suspect grabbed the manager, a 26-year-old woman named Jorga, in a headlock and repeatedly punched her in the face.
"They came in and jumped over the counter," she said. "One jumped the counter and one jumped Jorga."
Ms. Hiscock said she started to confront one of the men but backed off when he made an aggressive move toward her. The thugs fled with about $350, Ms. Hiscock said. A customer who witnessed the robbery pursued the young men -- Ms. Hiscock reckoned they're in their early 20s -- west toward an apartment block, noting several dropped bills on the ground.
The victim, who is six months pregnant with her first child, sustained slight injuries to her face but did not require treatment at hospital, Ms. Hiscock said. The victim's husband came to the store immediately after the attack and Jorga was resting the day after the incident, Ms. Hiscock said.
"It could have been worse," she said.
Durham police are looking for two white men, both estimated at 6 feet and 175 pounds, with medium builds and short brown hair. One of the men had a clean-shaven face while the other wore a goatee.
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call police at 905-579-1520, ext. 5355 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
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