Man Arrested for Assaulting a Toronto Police Parking Enforcement Officer, Bleecker Street and Wellesley Street East Area

Man Arrested for Assaulting a Toronto Police Parking Enforcement Officer,
Bleecker Street and Wellesley Street East Area

Broadcast time: 06:46 PM
Date: Monday, Jan 22, 2024
Unit: Parking Enforcement
Case #: 2024-140861

The Toronto Police Service is making the public aware of an arrest made in an assault investigation.

On Friday, January 19, 2024, at approximately 1 p.m., police responded to a call for an Assault in the Bleecker Street and Wellesley Street East area.

It is alleged that:

• a Parking Enforcement Officer (PEO) on bicycle patrol was conducting  enforcement in the area and tagged the accused vehicle in a Transit Stop
• a man exited a near-by building and began yelling at the officer
• the man then assaulted the officer and kicked their bicycle over causing damage
• the man then got into his vehicle and drove off
• police attended, stopped the vehicle nearby and the driver was arrested

Haluk Akbulut, 58, of Toronto, has been arrested and charged with:

1. Assault Peace Officer
2. Mischief/Damage to Property not exceeding $5000

He is scheduled to appear in court at the Ontario Court of Justice, 10 Armoury Street, on Monday, February 26, 2024, at 11 a.m., in room 203.

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Constable Shannon Eames for Brian Moniz