The Toronto Police announced Tuesday that seven men have been charged in connection to two different sets of bank robberies — seven in total — that occurred around the GTA over the summer.

Six of the arrests stems from the robbery of two bank branches in Toronto on July 21 and July 25, and another two branches in Markham on July 29 and Aug. 13. Each of these four crimes were done by two masked men, one of whom would brandish a large knife to keep people in the branch under control. They would collect the money and then flee the scene.

In further incident on Aug. 29, these same perpetrators robbed a bank in Norfolk County in a slightly different fashion, with a lone knife-brandishing robber pulling a bank employee over to the cash area, collecting money, and then fleeing in a vehicle driven by a second man. OPP officers chased the vehicle, which then collided with another car; both men in the getaway vehicle tried to escape, but were eventually arrested, with one being caught while trying to carjack another vehicle.

Toronto men Codi Sumsion, 24, and Kevin Fearon, 23, are both facing a number of robbery, weapons, and conspiracy charges. Toronto police, York Region Police, and the OPP Criminal Operations Norfolk County Detachment continued to collaborate and their investigation resulted in even more arrests related to these robberies.

On Sept. 25, several people were arrested and criminal code search warrants were executed at a number of different addresses.

Jahrel Frederick, 22, is facing robbery, weapons, and conspiracy charges, while Ebony Stewart, 24, is charged with six counts of robbery and one count of conspiracy to commit an indictable offence. Brandon Caleb, 27, is charged with conspiracy to commit an indictable offence, and Camblin Trentadue, 26, is facing several accessory after the fact and conspiracy charges.

All four appeared at College Park Courts on Monday for a bail hearing.

In a separate case, a 61-year-old man is accused of robbing three Toronto banks since June.

On each occasion, the man walked up to bank employees, handed them a note demanding money, collected the money and then fled, say police. Each time, he also placed a plastic bag on the counter with an object that resembled a handgun.

He allegedly robbed a bank in the McCowan Rd. and Ellesmere Ave. area on June 27, at Leslie St. and Lawrence Ave. East on July 23, and at Eglinton Ave. East and Brimley Rd. on Monday, Sept. 29.

Larry Elford is facing three counts of robbery and was scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday morning.