Toronto Police Service’s Hate Crime Unit say they have arrested a 51-year-old man from Toronto in connection with a suspected hate-motivated incident on the TTC earlier this month.
Officers say a man boarded a TTC bus in the Bloor Street West and Jane Street area on Dec. 2. and then allegedly wrote hate-motivated graffiti on several of the bus’s windows.
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The vehicle was taken out of service after the incident.
Toronto police said in a statement Sunday morning that they had arrested a suspect, who now faces charges of mischief for interfering with property.
He is scheduled to appear in court next February.
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