The Toronto Police Service would like to make the public aware of an arrest in the aggravated assault and robbery of a taxi driver.
On Wednesday, March 13, 2013, at 8:05 p.m., police responded to a call in the Lake Shore Boulevard West/Thirty-Eighth Street area.
It is alleged that:
- a taxi driver picked up a man in the Gerrard Street East/Jones Avenue area
- the man asked to be taken to Lake Shore Boulevard West and Thirty-Eighth Street
- once at the location, the man attacked the taxi driver with a knife
- when the taxi driver managed to get out of his taxi, the man drove off in the taxi
- a passer-by found the taxi driver collapsed on the side of the road and called 9-1-1
- the man abandoned the taxi a short distance away and was arrested on foot.
The 56-year-old taxi operator was taken to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries to the back of his head and hand.
Tylor Duhamel, 18, of Toronto, is charged with:
1) Aggravated assault
2) Assault with weapon
3) Robbery
Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-2200, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), online at www.222tips.com, text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637), or Leave A Tip on Facebook. Download the free Crime Stoppers Mobile App on iTunes, Google Play or Blackberry App World.
On Wednesday, March 13, 2013, at 8:05 p.m., police responded to a call in the Lake Shore Boulevard West/Thirty-Eighth Street area.
It is alleged that:
- a taxi driver picked up a man in the Gerrard Street East/Jones Avenue area
- the man asked to be taken to Lake Shore Boulevard West and Thirty-Eighth Street
- once at the location, the man attacked the taxi driver with a knife
- when the taxi driver managed to get out of his taxi, the man drove off in the taxi
- a passer-by found the taxi driver collapsed on the side of the road and called 9-1-1
- the man abandoned the taxi a short distance away and was arrested on foot.
The 56-year-old taxi operator was taken to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries to the back of his head and hand.
Tylor Duhamel, 18, of Toronto, is charged with:
1) Aggravated assault
2) Assault with weapon
3) Robbery
Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-2200, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), online at www.222tips.com, text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637), or Leave A Tip on Facebook. Download the free Crime Stoppers Mobile App on iTunes, Google Play or Blackberry App World.