Man charged after tracking devices found on SUVs at Yorkdale mall

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A Montreal man was charged with criminal harassment and numerous firearms charges after tracking devices were found on luxury SUVs over the weekend in the Yorkdale Shopping Centre parking lot.

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Toronto Police said they responded to a suspicious incident call on Saturday at about 3:20 p.m. in the Dufferin St.-Yorkdale Rd. area, where a person was seen kneeling beside a parked Range Rover in the Yorkdale mall lot before walking away.

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After being told of the incident, mall security called the police, who then located a tracking device on the vehicle.

“Further investigation revealed … a subsequent tracking device (was attached) on another vehicle of the same make and model in the mall parking lot,” Toronto Police Const. Sinderela Chung said in a news release.

“The suspect was arrested at the scene and a firearm was recovered.”

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Yannis Demmouche, 26, of Montreal was charged with criminal harassment, unauthorized possession of a firearm, failing to comply with a probation order and other offences.

Police urged anyone with information to call 416-808-7350.

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