Two Men Face 29 Charges After Gun Found In Car
Posted November 17, 2008 12:00 pm.
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Maybe they should have been driving more carefully.
Police allege that two men who were stopped for a traffic violation in the Entertainment District early Sunday morning now face a total of 29 different charges.
It began at 1:26am, when officers from the Toronto Anti?Violence Intervention Strategy (TAVIS) were patrolling the popular nightspot.
A vehicle that allegedly violated the Highway Traffic Act was stopped at the intersection of Adelaide and Dundas.
As the officers investigated, they found much more than poor driving in the car.
Allegedly, a loaded “Taurus” 9mm handgun was also inside the vehicle.
It gets worse – both passengers were already prohibited from owning a firearm after previous convictions.
And one of them had a warrant out for his arrest.
They were both arrested at the scene.
Kimani Joseph, 25, of Whitby:
- Unauthorized presence of a firearm in a motor vehicle
- Possession of a restricted firearm with ammunition
- Unauthorized possession of a firearm
- Possession of a firearm knowing its possession is unauthorized
- Firearm careless storage
- Careless storage ammunition
- Possession of a firearm obtained by the commission of a criminal offence
- Weapons dangerous
- Carry concealed weapon
- Possession of firearm contrary to prohibition order
- Possession of ammunition contrary to prohibition order
Jason Waters, 26, of Ajax:
- Unauthorized presence of a firearm in a motor vehicle
- Possession of a restricted firearm with ammunition
- Unauthorized possession of a firearm
- Possession of a firearm knowing its possession is unauthorized
- Firearm careless storage
- Careless storage ammunition
- Possession of firearm obtained by the commission of a criminal offence
- Weapons dangerous
- Possession of firearm contrary to prohibition order
- Possession of ammunition contrary to prohibition order
Additional charges stemming from outstanding warrants
- Discharge firearm endanger life
- Careless use of a firearm
- Possession of firearm contrary to prohibition order
- Unauthorized possession of a firearm
- Possession of firearm knowing its possession is unauthorized
- Possession of a restricted firearm with ammunition
- Weapons dangerous
- Possession of a firearm obtained by the commission of a criminal offence.
They will appear in court November 17.
