Crime
Mar 29th, 2009 |
By TSB
DOWNSVIEW – Shots were fired Sunday afternoon in the area of Downsview Park. Police officers from 33 Division were quick to arrive on scene where at least two vehicles were found with bullet holes. Just minutes later another call came in for a shooting in the Jane St. and Driftwood Ave. area. A victim was [...]
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Tags: 33 Division, Arrest, North York, Shooting
Mar 29th, 2009 |
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JUNCTION – For three years, the father and son duo terrorized neighbours. They faced a slew of charges including Criminal Harassment and Mischief. Felice Scala, 61, and his son Ralph Scala, 36 were placed under arrest back in July 2008 after an investigation, “Project Calzone”, determined that they were responsible for property damage and intimidation. [...]
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Tags: 11 Division, Guilty, Harassment, Junction, West Toronto
Mar 29th, 2009 |
By TSB
Police from 32 Division were called in by TTC employees to the Finch subway station early this morning. A male was found staggering and suffering from multiple stab wounds. The 20 year old male was rushed to Sunnybrook Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. It appears the man may have been involved in an altercation in downtown’s [...]
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Tags: 32 Division, North York, Stabbing, TTC
Mar 29th, 2009 |
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DOWNTOWN – A man was taken into custody at 1:15AM after leading downtown Toronto Police officers from 52 Division and members of the TAVIS unit on a vehicle pursuit. The accused allegedly side swiped several other civilian vehicles during the chase. He then abandoned the vehicle in an underground parking lot near University Ave. and [...]
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Tags: 52 Division, Arrest, Downtown, Foot Pursuit, Vehicle Pursuit
Mar 28th, 2009 |
By TSB
Peel Police have made three arrests in the case of George Koutroubis’ murder. Andrew Campbell, 43, of Whitby has been charged with first degree murder. Meryl Morgan, 40, of Whitby and a 17 year-old youth have also been charged with accessory after the fact to murder. Police believe that Mr. Koutroubis was known to the [...]
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Tags: Arrest, Homicide
Mar 27th, 2009 |
By TSB
BEACHES – One person has been stabbed twice in the back on in the Queen St. and Glen Manor Dr. area. Emergency crews transported the male victim to Mount Sinai Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Police is scouring the area for possible suspects as well as for the weapon.
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Tags: 55 Division, Beaches, Stabbing
Mar 27th, 2009 |
By TSB
TORONTO WEST – Two men were arrested early this morning after police were called to a break-and-enter incident. Upon arrival, Toronto Police found the men in a nearby laneway near the Dufferin St. and Armstrong Ave. area. A sawed-off shotgun in a bag was also discovered and it is believed to belong to one of [...]
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Tags: 14 Division, Break and Enter, West Toronto
Mar 27th, 2009 |
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A Toronto man has been charged with seven counts of indecent acts and six counts of criminal harassment after a police investigation. Petru Bacci, 63, allegedly followed females while driving a vehicle, got their attention and then committed indecent acts in front of them. The incidents took place between January 29, 2002 and March 25, [...]
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Tags: 22 Division, Arrest, Indecent Acts
Mar 27th, 2009 |
By TSB
TORONTO WEST – Over the past month, police officers from 14 Division’s Major Crime Unit conducted an extensive investigation focusing on drug sales. The name given to the project was DEUCE. The project was focused in the area bounded by Lansdowne Ave. to Bathurst St., from Bloor St. W. to King St. W. Increased activity [...]
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Tags: 14 Division, Arrest, Drugs, West Toronto
Mar 26th, 2009 |
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NORTH YORK – Toronto Police allege that last Sunday, March 22, three individuals assaulted two teens at a Murray Ross Pkw. apartment. The victims were restrained and one of them was taken agains his will to a location Sheppard Ave. W. where he suffered several injuries. The suspects then made demands for money from an [...]
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Tags: 31 Division, Extortion, Kidnapping, North York
Mar 26th, 2009 |
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TORONTO – On Monday, March 23, 2009 and Tuesday, March 24, 2009, three men were arrested and charged as part of a Canada-wide child pornography investigation. Project Salvo is Canada’s largest coordinated investigation into internet-facilitated child sexual abuse. It was developed by the National Child Exploitation Coordination Centre and involved 30 agencies from across the [...]
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Tags: Arrest, Child Pornography
Mar 26th, 2009 |
By TSB
NORTH YORK – A four−month−old, black/white Lhasa Apso was located in a dumpster in the Yonge St. and Finch Ave. area. The dog was found inside a box, wrapped in a plastic bag. Police officers from 32 Division were alerted to the abandoned puppy this morning around 7:30am. Anyone with information is asked to contact [...]
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Tags: 32 Division, Abandoned Pets, North York
Mar 25th, 2009 |
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WESTON – It did not take long for officials of the Ontario Fire Marshal and Toronto Police to consider yesterday’s fatal fire suspicious. The blaze took the lives of 22 year-old Schanell Brown, who reportedly was 8-months pregnant, and her 4 year-old son Jashah. Toronto Fire Chief Bill Steward said yesterday it is very ‘unusual’ [...]
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Tags: 31 Division, fir, Suspicious Fire, Weston
Mar 25th, 2009 |
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NORTH YORK – Police responded to shots fired last night on St. Germain Ave. They arrived to find evidence of a shotgun being fired at a home. No one was injured in the incident, but Toronto Police are preplexed as to why someone would target the home. An abandon shotgun was later found on the [...]
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Tags: 32 Division, Guns, North York
Mar 23rd, 2009 |
By TSB
On Thursday, March 19, 2009, officers from the Gun & Gang Task Force executed a search warrant in the Morningview Trail/Morningside Avenue area. It is alleged that police located a loaded 9 mm handgun and 28 rounds of ammunition. Dave Mcleish, 40, of Toronto, has been charged with: 1) Possession of a restricted firearm with [...]
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Tags: 42 Division, Arrest, Gun & Gang, Scarborough
Mar 21st, 2009 |
By TSB
Toronto Police officers from 41 Division were called to sounds of gunshots at the Esso gas station on Kennedy Rd. and Ellesmere Ave. around 3:00am Saturday. When they arrived they found a 27 year old male inside the gas station suffering from apparent gunshot wounds to his leg. It appear appears the victim was standing [...]
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Tags: 41 Division, Scarborough, Shooting
Mar 21st, 2009 |
By TSB
It started at the Eglinton Rink located at 200 Eglinton Ave. W. as a fight around 11:30pm Friday night, but soon the scrap spilled into the back parking lot and a knife was pulled. When emergency crews arrived on the scene they found two young people, a male and a female, suffering from stab wounds. [...]
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Tags: 53 Division, North York, Stabbing
Mar 20th, 2009 |
By TSB
M.T., as she as been known to us all, has been found guilty of first-degree murder in the slaying of Stefanie Rengel (pictured). The jury deliberated for 3 days before delivering the verdict Friday afternoon. The teenager’s Defence Lawyer made a brief statement upon exiting the University Ave. court house: “A violent and foolish young [...]
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Tags: Guilty, Homicide, Trial
Mar 13th, 2009 |
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Toronto Police are asking the public for help in identifying two individuals who may know who killed Kaser Kerry St. Louis on Saturday, February 28th, 2009 near 1176 Kennedy Road. Crime Stoppers has released the video below in hopes to help police with the investigation.
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Tags: 41 Division, Crime Stoppers, Homicide
Mar 13th, 2009 |
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Investigators from 31 Division are considering the discovery of a body on Norfinch Ave. suspicious. A male was found deceased in an industrial building on Friday at approximately 3pm. It appeared that the man had been beaten. The investigation is ongoing and police are expected to reveal more details soon. Check back for updates.
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Tags: 31 Division, Homicide, North York
Mar 12th, 2009 |
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The Toronto Police Service is alerting the public to a sexual assault, and requesting the public’s assistance identifying the alleged suspect. It is reported that: − on Tuesday, March 10, 2009, at 7:20 a.m., a man got off a subway train at the Sherbourne subway station and approached a 27−year−old woman, − after a brief [...]
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Tags: Downtown, Sexual Predator, Subway
Mar 12th, 2009 |
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On Tuesday, February 17, 2009, at 9:30 a.m., police responded to a call for a stolen vehicle in the Front Street/Yonge Street area. It is reported that: -the owner of the vehicle was making a delivery, -the owner’s 14−year−old German Shepherd was inside the van, -upon the owner’s return, the vehicle was stolen. It is [...]
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Tags: Auto Theft, Downtown, Robbery
Mar 9th, 2009 |
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A 36-year-old man was found with gunshot wounds to the head, chest and leg today after police were called to a shooting in the Jane St. and St. Clair Ave. area around 8pm today. Early reports suggest the man was being chased by the suspects near a pizza parlour nearby. The victim then got in [...]
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Tags: 12 Division, Guns, Shooting, Taxi, York
Jan 24th, 2009 |
By TSB
It’s perhaps the code that no police officer wants to hear on their radio – 10-33 – or officer needs assistance. This code is used when an officer is in danger and needs help from other units immediately. That’s what happened earlier today in the area of Symington Ave. and Dupont St. in the west [...]
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Tags: 12 Division, Manhunt, Officer Down, Robbery, West End