Man accused of sexual assault in Etobicoke; two charged in fatal Scarborough crash
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A Toronto man has been accused of sexually assaulting a person in Etobicoke multiple times over a five-year span — including when the alleged victim was a youth.
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Toronto Police said on Oct. 7, officers responded to a report of a sexual assault in the Bloor St. W.-The East Mall area.
Cops said the accused drove the victim to his residence and sexually assaulted them inside the home. The victim fled and contacted police.
Cops alleged that between 2021 and 2026, the accused sexually assaulted the victim multiple times inside his residence while the victim was a youth.
The accused met the victim while working at a church in the Bloor and Kipling Ave. area, police said.
Paul Conn, 71, has been charged with five counts of sexual assault, three counts of sexual interference with a person under 16 and four counts of sexual exploitation of a young person.
Investigators believe there may be more victims.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-2200 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-8477 or 222tips.com .
Two men charged after fatal Scarborough crash
Two Toronto men have been charged following a deadly two-car crash in Scarborough on Sunday night.
Toronto Police said a 68-year-old woman, who was a passenger in a red 2017 Ford Escape, was killed when the vehicle collided with a grey 2014 BMW 750i in the area of Lawrence Ave. E. and Scarborough Golf Club Rd.
The Ford, driven by a 70-year-old man, was travelling westbound on Lawrence, making a left turn southbound into a driveway, when it crashed into the BMW, travelling in the opposite direction on Lawrence.
Police said two men were hospitalized with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries.
On Tuesday, cops said two men were arrested in connection with the fatal collision.
Florin Mitea, 34, has been charged with dangerous operation of a conveyance causing bodily harm, dangerous operation of a conveyance causing death and obstruction of a peace officer.
Gabriel Mitea, 25, has been charged with obstruction of a peace officer.
Police said the investigation is ongoing and ask anyone with information to contact them at 416-808-1900 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-8477 or 222tips.com .
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Police said officers were called to the Eglinton Ave. E. and Yonge St. area last Friday, where it was reported that a man approached the victim on the road, asking for help finding an address.
“During the interaction, the suspect engaged the victim in conversation and represented himself as a spiritual holistic healer,” police said in a news release.
He arranged to perform a reading and proceeded to conduct the service, but during the service he allegedly sexually assaulted the victim.
Police describe the suspect as about 50 to 60 years old with a medium build, long black/grey hair in a black do-rag and a full beard. He was last seen wearing a multi-colour long-sleeve shirt, a brown jacket, blue jeans and black dress shoes.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-5300.
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