Police arrested five suspects, including three Toronto males, after finding a loaded handgun in a southside apartment Monday afternoon.
Members of the Thunder Bay Police Service’s major Crimes Unit attended a residential address in the 100 block of North Marks Street as part of an unrelated ongoing investigation at about 4:15 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 1.
While attending the address police, located a loaded handgun.
Five suspects were arrested at the scene without further incident and transported to the TBPS headquarters at 1200 Balmoral Street. One of the suspects was found to be in possession of a quantity of a substance suspected to be crack cocaine.
Further investigation, which included assistance from members of the TBPS’s Intelligence Unit, led police to locate and seize a quantity of suspected crystal methamphetamine, cash, and paraphernalia consistent with drug trafficking from within the home.
Police also learned two of the Toronto accused were on weapon prohibition orders. A Thunder Bay woman was also in violation of a releases order.
Anthony Joshua DAVIDSON, 36, of Thunder Bay, is charged with:
• Possession of Methamphetamine for the Purpose of Trafficking
• Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Under $5,000
• Careless Storage of a Firearm
• Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm without a Licence
• Possession of a Firearm with Knowledge its Possession is Unauthorized
• Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm, Prohibited or Restricted without Registration Certificate
• Prohibited or Restricted Firearm: with Ammunition
Sarah Margaret Lynn DECORTE, 39,
• Possession of Methamphetamine for the Purpose of Trafficking
• Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Under $5,000
• Careless Storage of a Firearm
• Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm without a Licence
• Possession of a Firearm with Knowledge its Possession is Unauthorized
• Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm, Prohibited or Restricted without Registration Certificate
• Prohibited or Restricted Firearm: with Ammunition
• Failure to Comply with Release Order
Zakaria HERZI, 19, of Toronto, is charged with:
• Possession of Cocaine for the Purpose of Trafficking
• Possession of Methamphetamine for the Purpose of Trafficking
• Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Under $5,000
• Careless Storage of a Firearm
• Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm without a Licence
• Possession of a Firearm with Knowledge its Possession is Unauthorized
• Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm, Prohibited or Restricted without Registration Certificate
• Prohibited or Restricted Firearm: with Ammunition
• Failure to Comply with Release Order
A 17-year-old male from Toronto is charged with:
• Possession of Methamphetamine for the Purpose of Trafficking
• Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Under $5,000
• Careless Storage of a Firearm
• Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm without a Licence
• Possession of a Firearm with Knowledge its Possession is Unauthorized
• Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm, Prohibited or Restricted without Registration Certificate
• Prohibited or Restricted Firearm: with Ammunition
A 17-year-old male from Toronto is charged with:
• Possession of Methamphetamine for the Purpose of Trafficking
• Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Under $5,000
• Careless Storage of a Firearm
• Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm without a Licence
• Possession of a Firearm with Knowledge its Possession is Unauthorized
• Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm, Prohibited or Restricted without Registration Certificate
• Prohibited or Restricted Firearm: with Ammunition
All five appeared in bail court on Tuesday, Nov. 2 and were remanded into custody with future appearance dates.