What went down at Gerrard and Yonge?

[rhuarc29]

So I was on a bit of a joy ride, southbound on Yonge and just pulled to a stop at Gerrard right before Zanzibar at around midnight. I had my music blasting pretty loud and was changing songs when flashing lights caught my eye. Two cruisers went flying by (one on either side!) and an officer was running down the sidewalk with his hand on his holster. I looked behind me and about 50 ft back a van was stopped crossways across the two southbound lanes, literally where I had just driven by 30 seconds before. More cruisers went flying by, but then the light went green and the two guys ahead of me took off and I followed. Just as I was leaving I got a wiff of what smelt like a firecracker going off. The presence of five cruisers shows this was a developing situation and not just some guy spinning out. Anyone know what happened?

 

[Anynym]

Not having been in TO tonight I have no facts to contribute, but it would not be out of the norm for that to happen under any of a wide range of scenarios. Let's just hope it wasn't among the worse scenarios that led to the response.

 

[Cycleguy007]

Doh!

That raid occurred on Dec. 9th.

The OP did not specify the date and time of his observations at that location.

The story just appeared in the paper today and I didn't realize the date differences... my mistake.

 

[fuji]

The story just appeared in the paper today and I didn't realize the date differences... my mistake.

Good link though. It adds some light as to why that place got busted: They were looking for under-aged sex workers. That is in line with the way Toronto police have handled incalls and massage places in the past.

 

[GameBoy27]

I find it interesting that my thread with a link to that article was deleted and another thread trying to find out why was closed This one however is still alive and well!

 

[rhuarc29]

I find it interesting that my thread with a link to that article was deleted and another thread trying to find out why was closed This one however is still alive and well!

Hmm and my post was deleted. I don't even remember what I said, but as far as I know it wasn't offensive or detrimental to the site...

 

[Rockslinger]

Thought I saw a clip on the late evening news that there was some kind of altercation inside a civilian club that spilled outside. There's always shit happening in these civilian clubs.

 

[Thunderballs]

Sounds like they might have been giving out free doughnuts at Timmys.