On Saturday, March 21, 2015, at 9:04 a.m., police received at call to attend the 2300 Keele Street area for a person with a knife.
It is alleged that:
- a man was refusing to leave a restaurant and appeared to be “heavily medicated”
- police arrived and engaged in a foot pursuit with the man
- the man was armed with a knife
- the man was stopped at gunpoint and did not comply with police demands to drop the weapon
- the man began to advance towards the police with the knife, and police backed off
- a foot pursuit commenced again, and the man was cornered with the knife
- a TPS supervisor on scene fully deployed a Taser
- the officers were able to get the man under control and he was arrested
- the man was taken into custody without further incident and without injury
Jovel Stewart, 25, of Toronto, has been charged with:
1) three counts of Assault a Peace Officer with a Weapon
2) Possession of a Weapon
3) Carry a concealed weapon
4) Fail to comply probation
He was scheduled to appear in court at Old City Hall on Sunday, March 22, 2015, 10 a.m.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-1200, 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.
For more news, visit TPSnews.ca.
It is alleged that:
- a man was refusing to leave a restaurant and appeared to be “heavily medicated”
- police arrived and engaged in a foot pursuit with the man
- the man was armed with a knife
- the man was stopped at gunpoint and did not comply with police demands to drop the weapon
- the man began to advance towards the police with the knife, and police backed off
- a foot pursuit commenced again, and the man was cornered with the knife
- a TPS supervisor on scene fully deployed a Taser
- the officers were able to get the man under control and he was arrested
- the man was taken into custody without further incident and without injury
Jovel Stewart, 25, of Toronto, has been charged with:
1) three counts of Assault a Peace Officer with a Weapon
2) Possession of a Weapon
3) Carry a concealed weapon
4) Fail to comply probation
He was scheduled to appear in court at Old City Hall on Sunday, March 22, 2015, 10 a.m.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-1200, 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.
For more news, visit TPSnews.ca.