Toronto police say they have arrested a 30-year-old man after he reportedly climbed onto a crane in the Yorkville area.
Officers responded around 8:30 p.m. on Sunday to the area of Yorkville Avenue and Yonge Street.
Investigators allege the suspect broke into a highrise building that is under construction and climbed onto a construction crane at the top of the structure.
READ MORE: Toronto police warn against BASE jumping after video shows man in Santa hat leaping off condo
Police said the suspect had a parachute with him.
Get breaking National news
When emergency crews arrived at the scene, they demanded the suspect get off the crane, police said. He reportedly complied and was arrested.
Adrian Caguiat of Toronto is currently facing charges for mischief and break and enter.
Deputy Fire Chief Jim Jessop told Global News in the last year, there have been 37 calls for high angle rescues.
He added Toronto is second only to New York City for number of cranes in use in the city.
- On Calgary’s dangerous roads, ‘bystander behaviour’ is under the microscope
- Dashcam video captures Burnaby road rage incident from August 2025
- Manitoba RCMP not at fault in death of man who stabbed 8 on First Nation: report
- Details about Tumbler Ridge firearms will be released after investigation, minister says
Comments
Comments closed.
Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.
Please see our Commenting Policy for more.