A 20-year-old from Mississauga is the fourth of five young men to plead guilty to a jewelry store robbery last summer in Barrie. Jahzyi Smith stood in the prisoner’s box of a Barrie courtroom Tuesday morning where he admitted to being one of five young men who planned and carried out the brazen August 2025 mid-day smash-and-grab at Dia Amore jewellers inside the Georgian Mall. Jewelry store robbery suspects busted in Barrie, Ont. Smith has been behind bars since his arrest Aug. 18, 2025, the day he and three others rushed into the jewelry store with hammers in hand, smashing display cases and grabbing what they could before being chased off by staff. The accused, 16-21, were arrested within 30 minutes according to Barrie police. Though no specific facts were put on the record during the proceedings, Smith pleaded guilty to robbery with violence, admitting to being one of the four thieves in the store, who were driven away by a 16-year-old. The stolen Honda Civic they were in after fleeing the Bayfield Street mall later spun out in a construction zone along Innisfil Beach Road, where the five young men were taken into custody. Teen accused of robbing Barrie jewelry store appears headed for trial Smith’s lawyer requested that a pre-sentence report be made to help the court better understand Smith’s background and what led him to robbing the jewelry store located more than an hour away from his home in Mississauga. After spending 13 months behind bars with Smith, his co-accused 22-year-old Ahmed Al-Saeed left the Barrie courthouse last month shielded by friends. The Barrie man covered his face with a sweater after pleading guilty to the robbery and receiving a conditional sentence of 10 months under house arrest. Barrie jewelry store thief pleads guilty to Georgian Mall robbery in 2025 Youth pleads guilty to robbery in Georgian Mall jewelry store smash and grab in August Two teens, whose identities are protected by the Youth Criminal Justice Act, have pleaded guilty for their roles in the robbery, including the now 17-year-old getaway driver. The teen has been out on bail since his arrest and also awaits preparation of a pre-sentence report. The Crown is asking the judge to sentence him the teen to jail time. Getaway driver pleads guilty in Barrie jewelry store smash-and-grab The lone remaining accused, who is now 18, is also charged with having an imitation firearm on him during the robbery that was left behind when the thieves were chased from the store. He returns to court in November. The allegations against him have not been tested in court. Smith is scheduled to return to court in a week. A pre-sentence report typically takes between six and eight weeks to complete.
