Arrest in two TTC collector robberies

Toronto Police Service News Release

Arrest in two TTC collector robberies, Mohamed Nur Hassan, 56

Monday, November 3, 2014 - 1:40 PM
51 Division:  416-808-7350

The Toronto Police Service would like to make the public aware of an arrest in the Robbery of two TTC collectors.

On Wednesday, October 15, 2014, at 5:30 p.m., a TTC collector, 38, was working inside the Wellesley Street subway station.

It is alleged that:

- a man approached the collector booth

- the man made a demand for money, making threats towards the collector

- the man obtained money and fled the station

On Friday, October 31, 2014, at 7:15 p.m., a collector, 45, was working inside the Rosedale subway station.

It is alleged that:

- he was approached by a man

- the man made a demand for money

- the man obtained money and fled the station

- TTC security officers were in the vicinity

- the man was observed and arrested shortly afterward by them and turned over to Hold Up officers.

Mohamed Nur Hassan, 56, of Toronto, has been charged with:

1) two counts of Robbery
2) Possession of Property Obtained by Crime

He was scheduled to appear in court at Old City Hall on Saturday, November 1, 2014, at 10 a.m.

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Constable David Hopkinson, Corporate Communications, for Staff Inspector Mike Earl, Hold Up