CRIME SCENE: Suspect sought after van smashes into east-end building
'Suspicious' incident happened Friday at about 3:35 a.m. in the Queen St. E.-Coxwell Ave. area, Toronto Police say
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Toronto Police are on the hunt for a suspect after a van smashed into an east-end commercial building last week in a “suspicious” fashion.
Police said they responded to the incident Friday at about 3:35 a.m. in the Queen St. E.-Coxwell Ave. area, where a man drove a grey minivan to the scene, placed a cinder block on the gas pedal and exited the vehicle.
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Police said the van crashed into the front of the building, but only caused minor damage, while the suspect fled on foot.
The suspect is a 20- to 30-year-old man who was wearing a blue hat, black hooded sweater, white shirt, black pants and black shoes.
Anyone with information can contact police at 416-808-5500 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-8477 or 222tips.com.
DRIVER WHO CRASHED INTO MUSKOKA TENNIS COURT SOUGHT
Cops north of Toronto are seeking the driver of a car that smashed through a fence and came to a rest in a golf course’s tennis court, causing substantial damage.
Just after 8:15 a.m. Saturday morning, police were called to Windermere Golf and Country Club in Muskoka Lakes Township — about 230 km north of Toronto — after a quad-cab pickup truck ended up in a tennis court.
“The vehicle left the roadway and crashed through a fence, coming to rest on a tennis court (and) causing significant damage to the both the property and the vehicle,” said a news release from Bracebridge OPP.
“The driver fled the scene and has not yet been located.”
Photos from the scene show a truck with serious damage that appears to be burned out.
Anybody with information should call Bracebridge OPP at 1-888-310-1122.
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TOW-TRUCK DRIVER CHARGED
Police in Caledon charged a tow-truck driver as part of an ongoing investigation.
The investigation began in April 26 after a tow truck was caught on video driving in an unsafe manner, in which it left the paved portion of a road in Brampton, used the sidewalk to get around traffic and drove through a red light.
Police charged the driver, a 27-year-old Brampton man whom police chose not to identify, with stunt driving, careless driving and failing to stop at a red light. His driver’s licence was also suspended for 30 days.
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