TORONTO, Ont. – A 22-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy were apprehended by the Toronto Police Service (TPS) on May 24, following a shoplifting and beating incident at an Etobicoke variety store on the previous day. According to a TPS news release, two young men entered the store on the 23rd and selected some fireworks. After distracting an employee of the store, they ran out with the merchandise, police said. The worker chased the thieves and caught one, but the suspect began stomping on the worker’s head and beating him to the ground. The employee was sent to the hospital with a number of facial fractures, police said. The next day, the TPS arrested Devonta Groves-Bennett and a 16-year-old whose name cannot be released under the Youth Criminal Justice Act; both are charged with three counts of robbery and assault causing bodily harm. The suspects are also accused of robbing and assaulting another teenage boy on the evening of May 21, police said. They made their first court appearance on May 25.