Vehicle Stop Leads to Multiple Arrests and Firearm Charges
Region of Peel – Officers from Peel Regional Police’s 21 Division Community Intervention and Response Team (CIRT) have arrested four 18-year-old men from Brampton following a vehicle stop in Brampton.
On Saturday, Jan. 3, at approximately 7 p.m., CIRT officers observed four individuals smoking cannabis in a vehicle in the area of Sunny Meadow Boulevard and Peter Robertson Boulevard. Officers detained the individuals under the authority of the Cannabis Act and conducted a search, during which a loaded illegal handgun was located.
As a result, the following individuals were arrested and charged:
Joshua McLean-Russel
- Carrying a Concealed Weapon
- Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm
- Knowledge of Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm
- Possession of a Loaded Prohibited or Restricted Firearm
- Careless Storage of a Firearm, Weapon, Prohibited Device or Ammunition
- Occupant of a Motor Vehicle Knowing There Was a Firearm
- Unauthorized Possession of a Prohibited Device
Bernard Lee
- Having Care or Control of Vehicle or Boat with Cannabis Readily Available
- Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm
- Knowledge of Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm
- Possession of a Loaded Prohibited or Restricted Firearm
- Careless Storage of a Firearm, Weapon, Prohibited Device or Ammunition
- Occupant of a Motor Vehicle Knowing There Was a Firearm
- Unauthorized Possession of a Prohibited Device
Reshaine Dennis and Isaiah Campbell
- Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm
- Knowledge of Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm
- Possession of a Loaded Prohibited or Restricted Firearm
- Careless Storage of a Firearm, Weapon, Prohibited Device or Ammunition
- Occupant of a Motor Vehicle Knowing There Was a Firearm
- Unauthorized Possession of a Prohibited Device
All four men were held pending a bail hearing at the Ontario Court of Justice.
Anyone with information on this incident is asked to contact investigators with the 21 Division Criminal Investigation Bureau at 905-453-2121 extension 2133. Anonymous information may also be submitted by calling Peel Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or visiting peelcrimestoppers.ca.
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