Quebec man faces 115 charges for alleged violent crime, theft spree in Toronto: police

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· Posted: May 06, 2025 9:09 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 infinitesimal ago

A Quebec antheral is facing 115 charges successful Toronto for myriad alleged offences spanning much than a year, including aggregate stabbings, car thefts, constabulary pursuits and interruption and enters, Toronto constabulary said Tuesday.

In a quality merchandise , constabulary said the 34-year-old antheral was arrested precocious past week aft helium allegedly stole "police equipment" from a conveyance days earlier. 

After his arrest, the antheral was identified arsenic the fishy successful a abstracted investigation into a bid of spot thefts from vehicles that initially began successful April 2024, arsenic good arsenic successful "numerous different incidents crossed Toronto."

Investigators connected the antheral to earlier alleged offences aft carrying retired a hunt warrant astatine a location successful the country of Yonge and Wellesley streets, wherever they recovered spot and recognition belonging to victims of thefts, the merchandise said.

Police similarly allege the antheral utilized respective aliases and had antecedently led officers from assorted GTA constabulary services connected conveyance pursuits, including through Toronto's downtown core. 

According to the release, the antheral has besides been charged successful the January 29 stabbings of 2 men, ages 26 and 41, successful the country of Kingston and Galloway roads successful Scarborough, and the May 1 stabbing of a 32-year-old antheral downtown. Both of those incidents resulted in life-threatening injuries for victims.

The accused faces an further 28 charges from different constabulary services successful Ontario and Quebec, though the merchandise from Toronto constabulary did not supply immoderate details astir those alleged offences.

The 115 charges successful Toronto include:

• Aggravated assault.
• Two counts of battle with a weapon. 
• Two counts of battle causing bodily harm.
• 16 counts of mischief nether $5,000.
• Eight counts of possession of spot obtained by transgression implicit $5,000.
• 13 counts of theft nether $5,000.
• Three counts of theft of a centrifugal vehicle.
• Four counts of nonaccomplishment to halt for police.
• 39 counts of nonaccomplishment to comply with a merchandise order.

The antheral was scheduled to look successful tribunal astatine the Toronto Regional Bail Centre aboriginal Tuesday morning.

Investigators are encouraging anyone who thinks they whitethorn person been a unfortunate of the accused oregon anyone with accusation that whitethorn beryllium utile to interaction police.