Man, 28, arrested in Sexual Assault Investigation, Parliament Street and Mill Street area

Man, 28, arrested in Sexual Assault Investigation, Parliament Street and Mill Street area

Saturday, May 27, 2017 - 4:19 PM
Sex Crimes:  416-808-7474

The Toronto Police Service would like to make the public aware of an arrest in a Sexual Assault investigation.

On Friday, May 26, 2017, at approximately 5:20 p.m., police responded to a radio call in the Parliament Street and Mill Street area.

It is alleged that:

- an 18-year old woman was attacked and sexually assaulted by a man

- the woman was able to fight off her attacker and make her escape

- the man was arrested at the scene

Riaz Ijaz, 28, of Toronto, was arrested. He is charged with:

1) Sexual Assault 
2) Threatening Death

He was scheduled to appear in court at Old City Hall, on Saturday, May 27, 2017.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-7474, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), online at www.222tips.com, text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637), or Leave A Tip on Facebook. Download the free Crime Stoppers Mobile App on iTunes, Google Play or Blackberry App World.

A sexual assault is any form of unwanted sexual contact. It includes, but is not limited to, kissing, grabbing, oral sex and penetration. To learn more about sexual assault, including how to report a sexual assault, please visit our Sex Crimes website.

For more news, visit TPSnews.ca

Constable Jenifferjit Sidhu, Corporate Communications, for Constable Ryan Mcintyre, Sex Crimes

Public Safety Alert, Jarvis Street and Dundas Street East area, Stolen medication

Public Safety Alert, Jarvis Street and Dundas Street East area, Stolen medication

Tuesday, May 23, 2017 - 11:19 AM
51 Division:  416-808-5100

The Toronto Police Service would like to make the public aware of a quantity of stolen medication.

It was reported that:

- between Saturday, May 20, 2017, at 6 p.m. and Sunday, May 21, 2017, at 1:15 p.m., a large quantity of medication was stolen from a drug store in the Jarvis Street and Dundas Street East area

The medication includes:

- Hydromorph Contin (12 mg capsules)
- Morphine (60 mg, 30 mg & 5 mg tablets)
- Oxycocet (tablets)
- Oxycodone (5 mg tablets)
- Concerta (27 mg, 36 mg & 54 mg tablets)
- Adderall XL (20 mg capsules)
- Methylphenidate (10 mg tablets)
- Tylenol 3 (tablets)
- Tylenol 2 (tablets)
- Tylenol 1 (tablets)
- Lorazepam (1 mg tablets)
- Clonazepam (0.5 mg tablets)
- Alprazolam (0.25 mg tablets)
- Clobazam (10 mg tablets)

The pills/capsules could be harmful/fatal if ingested, especially to children.

Anyone locating this medication is asked not to handle it, but to contact police at 416-808-5100, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), online at www.222tips.com, or text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637). Download the free Crime Stoppers Mobile App on iTunes, Google Play or Blackberry App World.

For more news, visit TPSnews.ca.

Constable Caroline de Kloet, Corporate Communications, for Detective Charles Ricci, 51 Division

5 on 5 youth vs. Metro Toronto Police Basketball Tournament - July 9, 2017

The Esplanade Youth Movement is proud to present the 5 on 5 youth vs. Metro Toronto Police Basketball Tournament at the Esplanade Basketball Court on The Esplanade between Princess St. & Hahn Pl. on July 9 2017.

This event is in partnership with Toronto Police (51 Division) and is aimed to create unity between youth and Toronto Police.

The tournament will be happening on July 9 2017 between 12:00pm to 8:00pm (On the Esplanade between Hahn Place and Princess Street). This Tournament will bring together members of our community and local business to enjoy, educate and build bridges between the youth and the Metro Toronto Police. This is a much needed event in our community and it also allows us to remember the youths we have lost and the Officers in the line of duty.

The Esplanade youth Movement is an organization that works to help assist and educate the community on the struggles and challenges the youth face by raising awareness in the community through workshops and community events.  By focusing on preventing youth-on-youth violence by involving members through educational workshops and free community programs and by creating awareness in the surrounding community. We encourage our members to participate in the planning and execution of our events.  Previous events hosted by the Esplanade Youth Movement have brought together over 400 youths from the surrounding community. There will be a free community barbeque, fire trucks, 50/50 draw, prizes, police horses, youth organizations, and giveaways.

Telephone: 416-300-8895

Holiday parking enforcement, Monday, May 22, 2017

Holiday parking enforcement, Monday, May 22, 2017

Saturday, May 20, 2017 - 6:59 AM
Parking Enforcement:  416-808-1612

Toronto Police Service Parking Enforcement will not be enforcing the following on-street parking bylaws during the Victoria Day public holiday on Monday, May 22, 2017:

• Pay-and-Display/Metered Areas

• Rush-Hour Routes

• Posted signs indicating Monday-to-Friday regulations 

All other areas and parking offences will continue to be enforced. 

For more news, visit TPSnews.ca.

Constable Caroline de Kloet, Corporate Communications, for Brian Moniz, Parking Enforcement

Homicide #22/2016, Parliament Street and Richmond Street East, Update, Michael Teddy Gibson, 29, wanted for First-Degree Murder, Arrest made in Aruba

Homicide #22/2016, Parliament Street and Richmond Street East, Update, Michael Teddy Gibson, 29, wanted for First-Degree Murder, Arrest made in Aruba

Thursday, May 11, 2017 - 12:06 PM
51 Division: 416-808-7474

Michael Teddy Gibson, 30, of Toronto, is wanted for First-Degree Murder in the shooting death of Julian Weekes, 27.

On Saturday, April 2, 2016, at 2:03 a.m., officers came across Weekes lying on the sidewalk, nearParliament Street and Richmond Street East. He later succumbed to his injuries.

Gibson was last seen in the Toronto area on April 5, 2016 and may have fled the country.

At the end of April 2017, Gibson was arrested in Aruba by Aruban police. He is currently being investigated for criminal offences in Aruba. 

For more news, visit TPSnews.ca.

Constable Caroline de Kloet, Corporate Communications, for Detective Sergeant Mike Patterson, Homicide

Man, 21, arrested after police foot chase, The Esplanade and Scott Street area, Loaded .45 calibre firearm recovered, Man faces eight charges

Man, 21, arrested after police foot chase, The Esplanade and Scott Street area, Loaded .45 calibre firearm recovered, Man faces eight charges

Monday, May 8, 2017 - 8:34 AM
51 Division:  416-808-5100

The Toronto Police Service would like to inform the public of an arrest following a police foot chase.

On Saturday, May 6, 2017, at 11:11 p.m., officers were on patrol in the The Esplanade and Scott Streetarea.

It is alleged that:

- officers spotted a man in breach of court conditions

- he went into a crowded restaurant

- officers went to arrest him 

- he struggled violently with the officers

- a loaded .45 calibre semi-automatic firearm was found concealed on him 

Brandon Morgan, 21, of Toronto, has been charged with:

1) Carry Firearm in a Careless Manner 
2) Possession of a Loaded Prohibited or Restricted Firearm 
3) Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm 
4) Possession of a Firearm Knowing its Possession is Unauthorized 
5) three counts of Fail to Comply with Recognizance 
6) Fail to Comply with Firearms Prohibition 

He appeared in court at Old City Hall on Sunday, May 7, 2017, 10 a.m., room 101.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-5100, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), online at www.222tips.com, or text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637). Download the free Crime Stoppers Mobile App on iTunes, Google Play or Blackberry App World.

For more news, visit TPSnews.ca.

Constable David Hopkinson, Corporate Communications, for Detective Jeremy Boyko, 51 Division

Media advisory, Sunday, May 7, 2017, 11 a.m., Corner of Grosvenor Street/Queen's Park Crescent, Ontario Police Memorial Ceremony of Remembrance

Media advisory, Sunday, May 7, 2017, 11 a.m., Corner of Grosvenor Street/Queen's Park Crescent, Ontario Police Memorial Ceremony of Remembrance

Saturday, May 6, 2017 - 10:48 AM
Corporate Communications:  416-808-7100

On Sunday, May 7, 2017, the 18th annual Ceremony of Remembrance for Ontario's fallen police officers will take place.

All 264 names will be read aloud beginning at 10 a.m., by two recruits representing the latest graduating class of Ontario's finest from the Ontario Police College. Music from the Waterloo Regional Brass Band and songs from members of the Ontario Police Choruses will be performed prior to the arrival of the Procession of Honour.

Police Pipe Bands will lead officers from across Ontario, the United States of America and Europe in their march along Queen’s Park Crescent, arriving at the steps of the Legislature before 11 a.m., for the official start of the annual Ceremony of Remembrance.

Attending the Ceremony will be the Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario; the Honourable Kathleen Wynne, Premier of Ontario; the Honourable Dave Levac, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario; the Honourable Marie-France Lalonde, the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services of Ontario; and the families and friends of the fallen officers.

The Ontario Police Memorial Foundation (OPMF), host of the annual Memorial Service, continues with its research to fulfill its goal of ensuring that every fallen officer from Ontario will not be forgotten.

The architectural illumination of the CN Tower will be done in blue light the evening of May 6 to May 7 to honour police officers in the province of Ontario who have lost their lives in the line of duty.

The Ontario Police Memorial Foundation will be streaming live on Facebook and Twitter throughout the Ceremony.

Contact Persons: Rondi Craig, President, OPMF at 416-702-7487 or Toronto Police Service, Corporate Communications, at 416-808-7094.

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Constable Jenifferjit Sidhu, Corporate Communications

Police seek assistance identifying man in Sexual Assault investigation, Sherbourne Street and Queen Street East area

Police seek assistance identifying man in Sexual Assault investigation, Sherbourne Street and Queen Street East area

Wednesday, May 3, 2017 - 3:29 PM
51 Division:  416-808-5100

The Toronto Police Service is requesting assistance identifying a man involved in a Sexual Assault investigation.

It is reported that:

- on Tuesday, April 11, 2017, in the Sherbourne Street and Queen Street East area, at approximately 7:50 p.m., a 24-year-old women boarded a TTC bus.

- the bus was traveling northbound on Sherbourne Street

- a man entered the bus 

- the man sat beside the women

- the man sexually assaulted the women 

- the man then quickly left the bus at the Sherbourne TTC station.

The man is described as late-30s-to-early-40s, black hair. He was wearing a beige-and-blue jacket, tan pants, and carrying a dark backpack. 

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-5100, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), online at www.222tips.com, text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637), or Leave A Tip on Facebook. Download the free Crime Stoppers Mobile App on iTunes, Google Play or Blackberry App World.

A sexual assault is any form of unwanted sexual contact. It includes, but is not limited to, kissing, grabbing, oral sex and penetration. To learn more about sexual assault, including how to report a sexual assault, please visit our Sex Crimes website.

For more news, visit TPSnews.ca

Constable Jenifferjit Sidhu, Corporate Communications, for Detective Hannah Bartz, 51 Division

Security camera image of man in Sexual Assault investigation