CRIME SCENE: Tree branch falls, critically injures woman on Toronto street
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Police say a woman in her 30s was in critical condition on Tuesday afternoon after a large tree branch struck her and a 10-year-old girl as they walked in the St. Clair Ave.-Avenue Rds. area.
The woman was taken to hospital with critical injures shortly after 3 p.m. and the child didn’t sustain any physical injuries, according to Toronto Police.
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Eastbound lanes of St. Clair, between Deer Park Cres. and Avenue Rd., was closed for the investigation.
Murder charge laid
A man faces a murder charge after a victim was fatally stabbed in an Etobicoke motel room.
Toronto Police said officers were called around 9:20 a.m. Sunday to The Queensway-Royal York Rd. area where the victim and an assailant were allegedly in a motel room together.
The victim was rushed to a hospital with critical injuries after being stabbed, police said. The victim later died.
Tanas Shmagranovski, 57, of no fixed address, has been charged with second-degree murder.
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Cops seize firearms, drugs
Police have charged a Hamilton man and a woman following the alleged discovery of loaded firearms and illegal drugs at a vacant property in the city.
Officers were called just before 2:25 p.m. on Sunday to a vacant residence after the homeowner reported unknown individuals in the backyard.
Upon arrival, officers located and removed several people from the property and during a search of the home, several individuals fled from the basement.
Police said two people remained inside a room where officers allegedly observed a loaded 9-mm handgun in plain view on a table. Further investigation allegedly revealed they were also in possession of about a half an ounce of methamphetamine and a quantity of cash, according to police.
Officers also allegedly located a sawed-off shotgun concealed under a sweater in one of the rooms.
Police said Steven Pacheco, 39, was wanted in connection with violent offences and faces three counts each of assault with a weapon and assault, and one count of assault causing bodily harm.
He was also charged with unauthorized possession of a firearm, possession for the purpose of trafficking methamphetamine, proceeds of crime under $5000, possession of prohibited firearm and two counts of possession contrary to order.
Olivia Lauren Putignano, 32, faces charges of unauthorized possession of a firearm, possession for the purpose of trafficking methamphetamine, proceeds of crime under $5000 and possession of prohibited firearm.
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