The Ford government says it plans to suspend some driver’s licenses for people found guilty of auto theft offences in legislation set to be tabled later in the week.
Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria, along with Solicitor General Michael Kerzner, teased the proposed new law Tuesday, which could lead to repeat vehicle thieves having their licenses suspended for life in certain cases.
If this goes through we’ll see car theft prosecutions declared racist.
Some members of a prominent charity for the Canadian Black business community are calling for its board of directors to resign and for a third-party audit after discovering the non-profit paid two former board members’ companies at least $1.5 million for services while they were on the board or CEO of the charity.
CBC Toronto obtained dozens of pages of internal records concerning the Black Business and Professional Association (BBPA) — including invoices and transaction records — which show the non-profit did not disclose more than $800,000 of that spending as related party transactions to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).
I’m shocked. Screen shots taken from BBPA-Financial-Statements-2023
The irony is that if Supt. Stacy Clarke were anyone else employed by Toronto Police, her bosses would want her fired for a promotions cheating scandal she spearheaded to help Black officers vying for promotion.
But firing isn’t even on the table because the first female Black superintendent in Toronto Police history is a “superstar.”
Can’t be fired because that would make blacks angry? Toronto is fucked.
Eight girls who police alleged murdered homeless man Kenneth Lee are headed to a jury trial.
Ontario Court Justice David Rose committed each of them to trial on Friday after 10 days of hearing evidence and argument at a preliminary hearing. But not all of the girls will stand trial on the second-degree murder charge laid by Toronto police.
Six of the girls, Rose ruled, will face trial on second-degree murder and two were committed to stand trial on the lesser charge of manslaughter.
The LCBO theft in Durham that ended in tragedy on Highway 401 was yet another reminder that liquor stores are a prime target for brazen thieves who have been armed with knives, needles, brass knuckles and handguns.
The liquor store robbery that sparked the police response in Bowmanville was similar to incidents that happen in LCBO stores daily, according to one employee familiar with the matter. “This particular situation was a regular situation we see all the time, ” said the LCBO employee.
H/T DS
The 11-year-old boy slated to die alongside his gangster father.
A high-profile Sikh activist rubbed out in the Lower Mainland.
A family destroyed by a wrong-way driver racing from a liquor store robbery on Hwy. 401.
Inexcusable police misconduct from a high-ranking officer, or an ill-fated attempt to diversify Toronto’s ranks?
The motivations of Toronto police Supt. Stacy Clarke could take centre stage Monday, as the high-profile and long-delayed penalty hearing begins for the pioneering senior officer entangled in a promotional cheating scandal that rocked the force in 2022.
A diversity effort? I bet she keeps her job.
Of course she’s the victim … High-ranking Toronto police officer helped officers cheat on exam due to isolation and mistreatment, lawyer says
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao was this week sentenced to four months in an American prison for failing to take adequate measures against cybercriminals and terrorist groups on his exchange. For some crypto enthusiasts, there may yet be a silver lining to this sad episode. As crypto goes from being a buccaneering innovator in finance to one of the grown-ups in the room, the increased scrutiny from regulators will weed out some bad apples, in turn enabling a cleaned-up sector to move forward.
However, the incident underscores a tension at the heart of crypto. Created by libertarians angry at the bank bailouts that followed the 2008 global financial crisis, it was originally intended as a new form of money that would operate outside the formal system. Along with new dark web spaces that sprang up around that time, such as Silk Road, its whole purpose was to create an autonomous space where a new economy could emerge. If a few bad apples used it, that was a price worth paying for sticking it to the man. After all, the 2008 crash had revealed plenty of villains in the regulated banking sector.
Michael Bebee is in custody a week after a $100,000 reward was offered for any tips leading to his arrest.
Canada’s most wanted fugitive, Bebee, 35, had been on the run since July 2023. He was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for a charge of second degree murder in Toronto.
The Toronto Police Service is making the public aware of 12 arrests and 102 charges laid in a major synthetic-identity fraud investigation dubbed Project Deja Vu.
Watch news conference here.
In October 2022, the Toronto Police Service Financial Crimes Unit began investigating a synthetic-identity credit fraud scheme that began in 2016. The perpetrators are alleged to have created more than 680 unique synthetic identities, many of which were used to apply for and open hundreds of bank accounts and credit accounts at various banks and financial institutions across Ontario.
h/t Patti Jo
The decline in reported crimes is a function of less reporting, not less crime.
Americans think crime is on the rise, but the media keep telling them they’re wrong. A Gallup survey last year found that 92% of Republicans and 58% of Democrats thought crime was increasing. A February Rasmussen Reports survey found that 61% of likely voters say violent crime in the U.S. is getting worse, while only 13% think it’s getting better. Journalists purport to refute this by citing official crime statistics showing a downward trend.
Americans aren’t mistaken. News reports fail to take into account that many victims aren’t reporting crimes to the police, especially since the pandemic.
Toronto police have announced an updated list of Canada’s Top 25 Most Wanted—a list that comes with $1 million in combined rewards for tips leading to the arrests of the fugitives.
The Toronto Police Service has teamed up with Crime Stoppers, and the BOLO Program—which stands for Be On the Look Out—to track down five suspects wanted for murder in Canada’s largest city. And Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw said he is hopeful the “sizeable” rewards of up to $100,000 will “grab the attention of the public” and bring in new information on the fugitives’ whereabouts.
As many as 4 whites on the BOLO 25!
The fight against Canada’s worst-ever auto theft epidemic has largely focused on ramping up inspections at shipping ports, where organized crime groups have exported the overwhelming majority of stolen vehicles.
But criminals are adapting, police say, by increasingly selling hot vehicles in Canada to unsuspecting buyers with little protection, exploiting a weakness in provincial registration systems that veteran investigators argue needs to be fixed.
“The market is so lucrative it’s easy cash,” said Det. Sgt. Greg O’Connor of Peel Regional Police, west of Toronto.
Toronto’s police chief has asked the Ontario Provincial Police to conduct an independent review after a Superior Court judge’s comments during the trial of Umar Zameer.
A statement from the Office of the Chief says Myron Demkiw on Monday asked for a review into officer testimony, conduct, procedures, practices and training, which he said police governance “requires” when the courts raise concerns over police conduct. Demkiw has also ordered a full internal review of all aspects of plainclothes policing, including equipment and procedures for officer and public safety.
Here are a few normal, boilerplate things that a police chief might say after a man is found not guilty by a jury of his peers.
“We respect the judicial process and accept the decision reached by the jury.”
“We have the utmost confidence in the court and accept the decision based on the evidence presented.”
