Aftermath
After the police raid, the contractor continued installing the CCTV
camera system in the condo's parking levels.
The security guards work from 3:00 pm to 3:00 am, so after the guards
left the condo, hoodlums went to work ripping down the camera system's
conduit.
Vandalism
in the P1
parking garage
Vandalism
in the
basement
Single
screw clamps and cheap nylon anchors
White
paint sprayed on a camera housing
Once the actual cameras were installed, they started spraying
paint over the camera housings.
The video that showed the hoodlums painting these cameras was useless,
as they were wearing hoodies and baseball caps.
Board
unresponsive
Despite being told that 24-hour security coverage was required during
the installation of the new security CCTV system, the board would not
pay for the extra security coverage.
Finally, after a number of incidents of vandalism, the board agreed to
pay to have a security guard work after 3:00 am to guard the camera
system.
On 23 July 2013, the board stopped the late-night security coverage and
the same night, at 3:50 am, the hoodlums, once again, vandalized the
camera system.
Toronto
police
Two officers with the Somali liaison police officers, working with
community social workers and a couple local residents, got the board to
give them a room so they could hold arts classes, a library and
activities for the children who live in the complex.
The board gave them the use of an unused room but it did not pay to
have it cleaned up and made suitable for use, even though it is a
common element.
The police officers and volunteers had to do that work themselves.
The Dixon Road Bloods are back: Six alleged gang members arrested in connection to murder
National Post
Natalie Alcoba
02 April 2015
Top, from left:
Lioban Hussein (aka Chunky), Mohamed Omar, Saieed Hagi. Bottom, from
left: Sharmarke Farah, Ali Mohamed Isse, Hanad Farah.
The Dixon Road Bloods are back. Or, more accurately, they probably
never left. The street gang that police say terrorized a north
Etobicoke community a few years ago is now at the centre of a murder
investigation, investigators allege.
Six purported members were arrested in Thursday morning raids in
Toronto and charged with first degree murder and conspiracy to commit
murder in the homicide of Malcolm Marfo, 22. The accused are: Lioban
Hussein, alias Chunky, age 21; Mohamed Omar, 26; Saieed Hagi, 20;
Sharmarke Farah, 18; Ali Mohamed Isse, 21; and a young offender who
cannot be identified.
A seventh man, 21-year-old Hanad Farah, is also wanted for the slaying
of Mr. Marfo, which occurred “minutes after the police had cleared the
crime scene” of another shooting, on March 17, said Homicide Squad
Staff Inspector Greg McLane.
The first shooting, shortly after 3 p.m. at a building at 2063
Islington Avenue, wounded Ahmed Siyad, whose brother, Liban Siyad, was
one of the men accused of peddling a video apparently showing then
mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine.
Police discovered the video during massive raids on the Dixon City
Bloods, also known as the Dixon Road Bloods, in a 2013 operation known
as Project Traveller. It dealt a “significant” blow, but evidently the
alleged gang was not eradicated.
“At times, we have people who want to step up and fill a void. That is
what I think is going on here,” said Insp. McLane, who would not say if
the accused had been arrested as part of Project Traveller. He also
wouldn’t go so far as to say the gang is flourishing. “In my experience
this is a vicious circle and this will continue.”
Rob Ford was at the building
In a strange coincidence, Rob Ford was at the building around the time
of the first shooting and came upon the victim. His office said he was
making house calls.
Insp. McLean stressed Mr. Marfo “had nothing at all to do” with the earlier shooting. It’s not clear what led to his death.
“There’s many variables. He was in a stairwell and confronted by the
group. It could have been mistaken identity. There’s a number of things
that could have occurred,” he said.
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