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By Ilya Bañares Staff Reporter Fri., May 10, 2019 A 17-year veteran of Toronto police was arrested Thursday after an incident at a private residence last month. Police allege that on the morning of April 22, the officer went to a home while off-duty wearing his full uniform, including his gun belt, firearm and cap, and threatened a person over a debt owed to a third party. “A complaint was filed that same day with the Toronto Police Service,” a news release from police read. Following an investigation from the Professional Standards Unit, the suspect officer was arrested on May 9. According to police, his service pistol was found to have been stored improperly during the arrest. He was subsequently suspended from the service. Const. Lionel Sean Peters, 42, based at 32 Division, faces charges of treatening bodily harm, extortion, breach of trust, and careless storage. Article Continued Below Peters appeared in court on Friday. He is being … [Read more...] about Toronto police officer arrested, suspended from service

By Tom Yun Staff Reporter Fri., May 10, 2019 Toronto Police Services announced on Friday that it had retrieved 1,235 firearms from its three-week gun buyback program launched on April 26. Police are letting Toronto residents sell their guns to police without facing firearms-related charges, regardless of whether the guns are registered. Gun owners are compensated $200 for a long gun and $350 for a handgun. So far, police have received 816 long guns and 419 handguns through the program, totalling $309,850. Each gun was inspected to see if it had ever been involved in a crime. In 2008, Toronto police ran a similar program that brought in around 2,000 guns. Police are asking residents who wish to participate to call the Toronto police non-emergency line at 416-808-2222 between 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. to arrange an officer to pick up the gun. Article Continued Below The program ends on May 17. Read more: 504 firearms collected after first week of gun buyback … [Read more...] about Toronto police collect 1,235 guns through buyback program

By Sherina Harris Staff Reporter Thu., May 2, 2019 Toronto police have identified the man killed yesterday in a shooting in Rexdale as Blain Gerrado Grindley, 26, of Toronto. Police responded to a call of a shooting near John Garland Blvd. and Humber College Blvd. just after 1 p.m. They arrived to find a man with serious injuries. He died at the scene. Homicide investigators have been called in, police said. Grindley is Toronto’s 22nd homicide victim of 2019. Including him, 16 men and six women have been killed in Toronto so far this year. They are: Article Continued Below Ian Dyer, 36, was stabbed to death in a Toronto Community Housing building near Danforth and Midland Aves. on Jan. 6. Leigh Min, 34, was arrested two days later and charged with first-degree murder. Lorraine Kerubo Ogoti, 30, was found on an eighth-floor unit of a Scarborough apartment building suffering from stab wounds on Jan. 8. She died at the scene. Aseel Yehya, … [Read more...] about Police identify victim of Rexdale shooting