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Toronto Sun
13-05-2025
- Toronto Sun
WARMINGTON: Man awaiting trial for TTC bus crash arrested in jail for Peel home invasions
Pickering man is also charged with not complying with three release orders on previous alleged crimes Get the latest from Joe Warmington straight to your inbox Anestan Ganeshamoorthy, a 32-year-old from Pickering. Catch and release, catch and release, and catch and release again! This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. 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Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Peel Regional Police contend Anestan Ganeshamoorthy is a one-man wrecking crew who sometimes has help creating his alleged path of destruction, mayhem and injured victims. The man's a menace — allegedly! Part of the help the 32-year-old has relied on in violent home invasions is not just alleged co-conspirators, but the justice system that has often released him after being in court for serious offences. However, that good will from the system has started to run out. In fact, when the Pickering man was arrested for crimes in Mississauga, he was in jail charged with a serious traffic incident that wounded many after police say a stolen BMW he was driving struck a TTC bus. Toronto Police at the scene of a crash involving a speeding BMW and a TTC bus at Bathurst St. and Wilson Ave. on Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. Photo by Jack Boland / Toronto Sun That crash occurred on Nov. 18, 2024 — nine people were hurt, two with life-threatening injuries. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The charges in that case against Ganeshamoorthy have not been tested in court. But just before that incident at Bathurst St. and Highway 401, there were other alleged criminal activity that police believe saw a car stolen in Mississauga being it was involved in this major car mishap. On Nov. 13, 2024 at 2:38 a.m., police say, 'Five suspects attended a residence near Dundas Street West and Mississauga Road in Mississauga with their faces covered forced entry through the front door, stole a victim's vehicle keys and fled in the vehicle.' Two hours later, police allege, 'the masked suspects forced entry into another residence near Countryside Drive and Goreway Drive in Brampton while the victims were sleeping' and 'stole several items before fleeing.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Less than two hours after that 'the same suspects attended a residence near Major William Sharpe Drive and Flowertown Avenue in Brampton' and 'forced entry through the front door, confronted the victims on the second floor while armed with a firearm, demanded vehicle keys, and fled in the victim's vehicle.' Read More Central Robbery Bureau has been working on this investigation ever since. Now they have charged this man and more charges or more arrests may follow. 'It was tremendous police work by the detectives,' Supt. David Kennedy said. 'It was a difficult case but with a collaborative effort with other police agencies we were able to make an arrest.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Ganeshamoorthy has been charged with 'robbery, two counts of break and enter, three counts of wearing a disguise with intent of committing a crime and ailing to comply wiht a 'release order' not once, not twice but three times. These charges have not been tested in court. Toronto Police are investigating after an allegedly stolen BMW X6 crashed into a TTC bus on Bathurst St. at Wilson Ave. Photo by JACK BOLAND / TORONTO SUN But there are so many hits on his name in searching for previous news stories for past involvement with police. As previously reported in the Toronto Sun, 'Ganeshamoorthy, of Pickering, faces 13 charges including two counts each of break and enter to commit, disguise with intent, possession of property obtained by crime under and failing to comply with a recognizance.' Now Peel police say Ganeshamoorthy was also subject to a 'judicial release order related to similar criminal offences' and is being 'held for a bail hearing and appeared before the Ontario Court of Justice in Brampton, where he was remanded into custody pending a future bail hearing.' Deputy Chief Nick Milinovich said the Central Robbery detectives took the work to track down this suspect 'personal' and as a service, Peel vows to continue to work on seeing change in the system to keep repeat offenders behind bars so no one else is hurt. With three previous charges for allegedly not complying with previous release orders, the system has now decided to keep Ganeshamoorthy locked up. For now, at least. jwarmington@ Toronto Maple Leafs Editorials Ontario Canada Sunshine Girls
CTV News
13-05-2025
- CTV News
Alleged driver of stolen vehicle that crashed into TTC bus facing new charges in ‘violent home invasion spree'
Anestan Ganeshamoorthy, the suspect in a TTC bus crash that injured nine people, is facing new charges in connection with series of break-ins in Peel Region. (Peel Regional Police) The alleged driver of a stolen vehicle that crashed into a TTC bus last year, injuring nine people – including two critically – is facing new charges in connection with a 'violent home invasion spree,' police say. In a news release issued Tuesday, Peel Regional Police (PRP) said there was a series of break-ins in Mississauga and Brampton in the early morning hours of Nov. 13, 2024. The first occurred at approximately 2:45 a.m. at a residence in the area of Dundas Street West and Mississauga Road in Mississauga. At that time, police said five masked suspects forced their way into the home, stole the victim's keys, and fled in their vehicle. An hour later, in the area of Countryside and Goreway drives in Brampton, the suspects allegedly broke into another home while the victims were sleeping and stole several items before fleeing. At 6 a.m., the suspects travelled to the area of Major William Sharpe Drive and Flowertown Avenue in Brampton and forced entry into a third home and confronted the victims while armed with a handgun, police said. In that incident, the suspects demanded the victim's car keys and fled in the vehicle, PRP said. Anestan Ganeshamoorthy, a 32 year-old man from Pickering, was identified by Peel police as a suspect and arrested on April 17. Police say Ganeshamoorthy is also the driver of a stolen vehicle that crashed into a TTC bus on November 18. Nine people were injured in that collision. It was just before 2 a.m. that morning when a black SUV and a white BMW, both travelling at a high rate of speed on Wilson Avenue, reached the intersection at Bathurst Street. Police said at the time that the black SUV cleared the intersection, but the BMW did not, as it struck the drivers' side of a TTC bus. The bus spun upon impact and the BMW burst into flames. TTC bus crash A total of nine people were injured after a stolen BMW crashed into a TTC bus in North York early morning on Nov. 18. Two of the stolen BMW's occupants were pulled from the vehicle and two others needed to be extricated by Toronto firefighters. Two occupants were rushed to a trauma centre in life-threatening condition. The driver and four passengers on the TTC bus suffered only minor injuries, including a woman who was ejected from the vehicle. Ganeshamoorthy was already in police custody when the new charges, including robbery, two counts of break-and-enter, and three counts each of wear disguise with intent and fail to comply with a release order were by laid in connection with the alleged crime spree. 'He was also subject to a judicial release order related to similar criminal offences. He was held for a bail hearing and appeared before the Ontario Court of Justice in Brampton, where he was remanded into custody pending a future bail hearing,' PRP said. Police have not identified the remaining four suspects linked to the alleged break-ins but said investigators 'anticipate' more charges to be laid. With files from CP24's Codi WIlson
