Seven youths were arrested after culprits stole cash registers — and assaulted or threw items at people — in a series of incidents at businesses in the Garden City area Sunday evening.

Police were contacted after several youths stole a register from a fast-food restaurant on the 2100 block of McPhillips Street and threw a chair at an employee.

Officers arrested four boys and three girls between the ages of 12 and 15 near the intersection of Inkster Boulevard and McPhillips Street shortly after 8 p.m. The Winnipeg Police Service said in a news release Wednesday that major crimes unit investigators linked the youths to similar incidents Sunday evening.

Several youths entered an employees-only area at a fast-food restaurant on the 2000 block of McPhillips and stole an empty register. They

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