News Release
Break and Enter Arrest in Toronto Subject of SIU Investigation
Case Number: 16-TCI-067
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A break and enter call that ended with a fleeing van is now the subject of an investigation by the province’s Special Investigations Unit.
Preliminary information suggests the following:
- Just before 1:00 a.m. on March 7, 2016, Toronto Police officers responded to a break and enter in progress at a California Sandwiches restaurant at 1603 The Queensway.
- As police arrived, a van fled the scene.
- A 44-year-old man fell from the van.
- The man was arrested and later transported to Toronto Western Hospital where he was diagnosed with a fracture.
The SIU has assigned two investigators to probe the circumstances of this incident.
The SIU is urging anyone who may have witnessed the incident to contact the lead investigator at 1-800-787-8529.
If you or someone you know is an affected person in need of support, please call the Affected Persons Program General Referral Line at 1-877-641-1897 or click here for more information: siu.on.ca/en/apc.php
The SIU is an independent government agency that investigates the conduct of officials (police officers as well as special constables with the Niagara Parks Commission and peace officers with the Legislative Protective Service) that may have resulted in death, serious injury, sexual assault and/or the discharge of a firearm at a person. All investigations are conducted by SIU investigators who are civilians. Under the Special Investigations Unit Act, the Director of the SIU must
- consider whether the official has committed a criminal offence in connection with the incident under investigation
- depending on the evidence, cause a criminal charge to be laid against the official where grounds exist for doing so, or close the file without any charges being laid
- publicly report the results of its investigations