WARMINGTON: Man awaiting trial for TTC bus crash arrested in jail for Peel home invasions

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Catch and release, catch and release, and catch and release again!

Peel Regional Police contend Anestan Ganeshamoorthy is a one-man wrecking crew who sometimes has help creating his alleged path of destruction, mayhem and injured victims.

The man’s a menace — allegedly!

Part of the help the 32-year-old has relied on in violent home invasions is not just alleged co-conspirators, but the justice system that has often released him after being in court for serious offences.

However, that good will from the system has started to run out. In fact, when the Pickering man was arrested for crimes in Mississauga, he was in jail charged with a serious traffic incident that wounded many after police say a stolen BMW he was driving struck a TTC bus.

That crash occurred on Nov. 18, 2024 — nine people were hurt, two with life-threatening injuries.

The charges in that case against Ganeshamoorthy have not been tested in court. But just before that incident at Bathurst St. and Highway 401, there were other alleged criminal activity that police believe saw a car stolen in Mississauga being it was involved in this major car mishap.

On Nov. 13, 2024 at 2:38 a.m., police say, “Five suspects attended a residence near Dundas Street West and Mississauga Road in Mississauga with their faces covered forced entry through the front door, stole a victim’s vehicle keys and fled in the vehicle.”

Two hours later, police allege, “the masked suspects forced entry into another residence near Countryside Drive and Goreway Drive in Brampton while the victims were sleeping” and “stole several items before fleeing.”

Less than two hours after that “the same suspects attended a residence near Major William Sharpe Drive and Flowertown Avenue in Brampton” and “forced entry through the front door, confronted the victims on the second floor while armed with a firearm, demanded vehicle keys, and fled in the victim’s vehicle.”

Central Robbery Bureau has been working on this investigation ever since. Now they have charged this man and more charges or more arrests may follow.

“It was tremendous police work by the detectives,” Supt. David Kennedy said. “It was a difficult case but with a collaborative effort with other police agencies we were able to make an arrest.”

Ganeshamoorthy has been charged with “robbery, two counts of break and enter, three counts of wearing a disguise with intent of committing a crime and ailing to comply wiht a “release order” not once, not twice but three times.

These charges have not been tested in court.

But there are so many hits on his name in searching for previous news stories for past involvement with police. As previously reported in the Toronto Sun, “Ganeshamoorthy, of Pickering, faces 13 charges including two counts each of break and enter to commit, disguise with intent, possession of property obtained by crime under and failing to comply with a recognizance.”

Now Peel police say Ganeshamoorthy was also subject to a “judicial release order related to similar criminal offences” and is being “held for a bail hearing and appeared before the Ontario Court of Justice in Brampton, where he was remanded into custody pending a future bail hearing.”

Deputy Chief Nick Milinovich said the Central Robbery detectives took the work to track down this suspect “personal” and as a service, Peel vows to continue to work on seeing change in the system to keep repeat offenders behind bars so no one else is hurt.

With three previous charges for allegedly not complying with previous release orders, the system has now decided to keep Ganeshamoorthy locked up.

For now, at least.

jwarmington@postmedia.com