A 45-year-old Toronto man is facing charges in a suspected hate-motivated mischief probe after a church was damaged multiple times in North York.
Toronto Police said that the accused attended a church in the Don Mills Rd.-Fairview Mall Dr. area multiple times between Aug. 6, 2025, and May 5. On each occasion, police alleged, the accused damaged the outer glass doors of the church before fleeing.
On May 5, Sohrab Mehmandoust was arrested and charged with four counts of mischief related to religious property.
“This investigation is being treated as a suspected hate-motivated offence,” police said in a news release issued on Monday.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-3500 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-8477 or 222tips.com .
Cops probing weekend sex assaults
Toronto Police are asking for help in identifying a male suspect linked to two sexual assaults over the weekend.
Police said they responded to the first incident on Saturday at about 8 p.m. in Dundas St. E.-De Grassi St. area, where a group of women were walking on a sidewalk before being approached by the male suspect.
They said the suspect grabbed the victim’s forearm, made verbal sexual advances and sexually assaulted her before fleeing.
The suspect was unknown to the victim, who was not physically injured.
Police said the second incident was on Sunday at about 5:30 p.m., when a female victim was followed into an office space at a commercial building in the Dundas-Bloor St. W. area.
They said the victim was approached from behind and sexually assaulted before the victim fled.
The victim also did not sustain physical injuries and did not know the suspect.
The suspect is about 6-foot-2 to 6-foot-4 with short hair and a slim build. He was last seen wearing a plaid jacket, dark pants and running shoes.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-7474 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-8477 or 222tips.com.
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Cops seek info on deadly motorcycle crash
Police are looking for information after a motorcyclist was killed in a two-vehicle crash in Scarborough on Sunday night.
Toronto Police responded at 6:08 p.m. to a call for a personal injury collision in the Orton Park-Ellesmere Rd. area.
It’s reported that a 45-year-old man was operating a black Honda motorcycle northbound on Orton Park, north of Botany Hill Rd.
A 47-year-old man was operating a grey Toyota RAV4 SUV and was also travelling northbound on Orton Park when the motorcycle collided with the SUV and struck a tree.
Life-saving measures were performed, but the motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the SUV remained at the scene and was not injured.
Police are asking local residents, businesses and drivers who may have security or dashcam footage of the area or incident to contact investigators at 416-808-1900 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-8477 or 222tips.com.
— With files from Jordan Ercit.
