Last Updated Thursday, April 8, 2021 2:53PM EDT An off-duty Toronto police officer is facing charges after allegedly soliciting a sex trade worker in York Region last month. York Regional Police say that on March 31, they were notified by a victim that a man had contacted her to arrange to meet at a hotel and for her to provide him with sexual services. “When the suspect arrived, he was wearing a firearm and told her that he was a police officer,” York Regional Police said in a statement issued on Thursday. “The victim got upset and demanded that he leave.” Officers from the Special Victims Unit began an investigation into the allegations and on April 2, they arrested a 37-year-old Georgina man identified as Travis Houston.
TORONTO An off-duty Toronto police officer is facing charges after allegedly soliciting a sex trade worker in York Region last month. York Regional Police say that on March 31, they were notified by a victim that a man had contacted her to arrange to meet at a hotel and for her to provide him with sexual services. “When the suspect arrived, he was wearing a firearm and told her that he was a police officer,” York Regional Police said in a statement issued on Thursday. “The victim got upset and demanded that he leave.” Officers from the Special Victims Unit began an investigation into the allegations and on April 2, they arrested a 37-year-old Georgina man identified as Travis Houston.
What killed one tot and sickened her best friend during a sleepover?
Author of the article: Chris Doucette
Publishing date: Mar 11, 2021 • March 11, 2021 • 2 minute read • Bernice Nantanda Wamala is seen here with her mom Maurine Mirembe. The three-year-old girl became ill on Sunday, March 7, 2021 after a sleepover at her best friendÕs Scarborough apartment and died a few hours later in hospital. Her three-year-old friend also got sick but survived. Photo by Supplied /Maurine Mirembe
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Investigators returned to a Scarborough apartment Thursday to collect samples of more items in the hopes of unravelling the mystery of what killed one three-year-old girl and sickened another during a weekend sleepover.