Canada - LE seek help to identify arson suspect

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More arson in the Toronto area..

"Last Updated Monday, September 8, 2014 9:02AM EDT

Toronto police are investigating a series of overnight car fires, with arson as the suspected cause.

Five vehicles were burned between midnight and 3 a.m. near Church Street and the Esplanade. While fire crews responded to the first vehicle fire in an outdoor parking lot, more vehicles caught fire in an underground parking lot nearby.

Further north, two vehicles went up in flames near Bloor Street West and Avenue Road early Monday morning"

Read more: http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/arson-suspected-after-7-vehicle-fires-downtown-1.1996355#ixzz3CjbKE2bC

 

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http://metronews.ca/news/toronto/11...stigate-latest-string-of-overnight-car-fires/

"The Monday morning incidents are the latest in a series of suspicious car fires in Toronto, which had damaged or destroyed 29 cars in total — excluding Monday’s tally.

Most recently, emergency officials were called to the scene of several car fires at Quality Used Cars Wholesalers on Toro Road last month. Eight cars were damaged in that incident.

On the previous day, three cars were set alight while parked in the Jane and Wilson area.

The priciest incident occurred on May 9 when 12 cars and one home were ignited in Bennington Heights, near Mount Pleasant Rd. and St. Clair Ave."

 

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In the previous Midtown fires, the poi was described like this...
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http://www.chfi.com/2014/05/14/86979/

"Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying the “person of interest” who they say is a 20- to 30-year-old man who has a “unique walk.”

“It’s not a slow walk — it’s someone with purpose but dynamic, energetic,” Det.-Sgt. Daniel Sabadics said at a news conference on Wednesday afternoon.

“He is seen coming up the driveway, walking back on to the street, looping around and coming back on the other side of the sidewalk,” he said. The man also walked up the cul-de-sac and then turns back. He was wearing a dark knapsack, dark pants, a shirt and a ball cap. He was also holding what appears to be a cup or bottle in his left hand."

 

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http://www.torontopolice.on.ca/newsreleases/29993

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"The Toronto Police Service would like to make the public aware of an arson investigation.

It is reported that:

- on Sunday, September 7, 2014, at 10:54 p.m., police were received a call to attend the Front Street East and Jarvis Street area. Police arrived and located a U-Haul truck on fire.

- on Sunday, September 7, 2014, at 11:01 p.m., police received a call to attend the Church Street and Front Street East area. Police arrived and located a Chrysler vehicle on fire.

- on Monday, September 8, 2014, police received a call to attend a Green P parking lot in the Church Street and Front Street East area. Police arrived and located three vehicles that had been burned. Witnesses reported a green Chrysler minivan and a red vehicle fleeing the scene.

Police are treating these three events as suspicious.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-5100, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), online at www.222tips.com, text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637), or Leave A Tip on Facebook. Download the free Crime Stoppers Mobile App on iTunes, Google Play or Blackberry App World."

 

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Not sure if this is the same suspect in the other fires..
Includes pic. of poi.

http://www.torontopolice.on.ca/newsreleases/30222

"Police request the public's assistance in Arson Investigation,
53 Division


Broadcast time: 10:58
Tuesday, October 7, 2014

53 Division
416-808-5300


On Friday, October 3, 2014, the Toronto Police Service received a call for a fire out front of 491 Eglinton Ave West.

Cardboard boxes and garbage bags on the curb out front of the address were on fire.

Surveillance cameras along the street captured an image of a suspect.

It is alleged that:

- at 2:42 a.m., a man was seen loitering out front of the address

- he had something in his hand

- he bends down and sets the garbage on fire

- he flees the scene westbound

He is described as white, 20-30 years old, medium build with facial hair. He was wearing blue jeans, a dark jacket and he was carrying a black backpack."