Toronto city Councillor Janet Davis is being praised by local residents after she scared off burglars who had broken into a Danforth Ave. toy store Saturday night.

Nothing was taken and the two males bolted after Davis “yelled at them.”

“I was walking with my partner home from a restaurant and we stumbled across a burglary in progress. I yelled at them and (they) ran off and that was the end,” Davis said.

The Danforth East Community Association is urging people to give Davis a pat on the back.

“I just did what any concerned resident would do,” Davis said.

At first the veteran councillor wasn’t aware of anything amiss as she and her partner were passing the Silly Goose Kids toy store, 2054 Danforth Ave., while walking home from a restaurant.

“There was one person on the street who approached me, I think trying to distract us and asked if we had a cigarette. I said no and about three steps ahead I noticed something fall and I realized it was glass falling off the door.”

“I realized the front door was smashed. I heard something in there, so I stuck my head in and yelled, ‘Hey what are you doing in there?’ Some guy came out and then he ran off. The other guy ran off as well.”

Davis called police who arrived quickly but couldn’t locate the pair. She has provided descriptions to investigators. No arrests have been made.

The councillor said she was happy nothing was taken but said it made her angry that the store had been targeted.

“This is one of our new local businesses. We’ve been working to improve that stretch of the Danforth. I want people to get out and walk in this neighbourhood and visit the businesses. It is safe.”

Davis added the incident shows that having people walking around the neighbourhood can reduce crime.

“It’s a good example of how having pedestrians on the street makes it safer.”