WARMINGTON: Of all driveways to try to carjack a vehicle, bandits chose premier's house
But with two Toronto Police officers doing Premier Ford's security detail, all four were arrested and charged in shocking incident
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It’s safe to say these carjackers targeted the wrong vehicle and driveway.
Bandits who tried to steal Premier Doug Ford’s Cadillac Escalade fall under the category of belonging to the dumbest criminals in Canada club.
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Of all the driveways in Ontario to try to steal a car, they chose one in the Ontario premier’s driveway.
Oops.
“Have you ever seen that show about stupid criminals?” Ford told reporters Tuesday.
But this wasn’t a TV show.
Toronto Police said two adults and two youths are now accused of the crime after a duo of officers doing security detail for the premier arrested them.
“The Toronto Police Service is making the public aware of arrests made in a Possess Electronic Device for motor vehicle theft investigation,” said a news release. “It is alleged on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, at approximately 12:30 a.m., officers were in the Lawrence Ave. W. and Royal York Rd. area” where “officers observed the suspects in a vehicle” and “wearing masks and their vehicle was slowing down as it approached a driveway.”
“One of the suspects fled on foot, but was located nearby,” alleged police. “Inside the vehicle, officers located a car key programming device and a programmable master key.”
Jalloh Mohamed, 23, and Jalloh Mohammaed, 23, both of Toronto, have been charged with possessing of an electronic device for motor vehicle theft and unlawfully having a purchase automobile master key.
Two youths, ages 16 and 17, also face charges with one accused of failing to comply with conditions related to an earlier release.
None of the allegations have been tested in court.
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The premier, said sources who have spoken to him, thanked the officers personally for doing such an outstanding job.
“Great work by our members who intervened last night and thwarted a car theft at the premier’s house,” said Toronto Police Association President Clayton Campbell, who has been ringing the bail bell for years as well. “It seems everyone and anyone can be victimized by these criminals and it’s no surprise to us that one of the four arrested last night was also charged with failing to comply. No one is safe, not until the federal government gets serious about bail reform, and more work is done to damper the scourge of auto theft and carjackings in the GTA.”
Hopefully, in addition to investigating these men, whoever sent carjackers to steal the car and planned to profit for its sale, will get their deserved justice. With the two adults charged here, having similar names but just spelled a little differently, it might be prudent for further probing into their backgrounds as well.
Oh, to be a fly on the wall in the Toronto Police holding cell when four alleged carjackers explained to their fellow inmates they had been accused of stealing a car from the premier’s driveway.
It was not lost on Ford how moronic this was.
He recalled seeing thieves “racing down my street ready to take the car out of the driveway and surprise, surprise at 12:30 a.m., police cars are there.”
But, as he was doing in recent days, Ford lamented the problem citizens are having in his province with this kind of endless crime.
“Just imagine all the unfortunate people that don’t have security there at their house” having to deal with criminals “with masks on and (having) all the tools ready to break in.”
It happens every day.
And the premier referenced a recent news story of a foiled carjacking in which the victim was charged after allegedly discharging a firearm to try to scare off the assailants. Ford said while he doesn’t recommend doing that, he understands why people arm themselves with bats and that he’s on that man’s side.
Ford added he he wants to get his name and perhaps throw him a “fundraiser.”
The premier, like the police, is also skeptical that the people charged in the attempt on his property will be held for long.
“Guess what’s going to happen? They’re going to be back out. Why don’t you guys come over for a barbeque tonight? I’ll take care of you better than the police.”
Now that this kind of crime epidemic has hit the premier personally, perhaps now, governments at all levels and the courts will start to take it more seriously – including not having revolving door bail.
“I’m sick and tired of the weak justice system that we have. They have to get a backbone, and we need to start throwing these people in jail,” said Ford, who added “this is turning into a lawless society.”
So lawless, it seems, that even the premier of the province is the victim of an attempted carjacking.
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