Charges withdrawn against 3rd man arrested in July

Charges withdrawn against 3rd man arrested in July

TORONTO — A third man arrested on gun-related charges in Toronto last summer has seen the charges dropped.
A spokesman for the Ministry of the Attorney General says charges against Kevin Prempeh, 20, of Toronto, were withdrawn today.
Brendan Crawley says the charges were dropped because there was no longer a reasonable prospect of conviction.
Prempeh was among five people charged with drug and gun-related offences in July after police executed search warrants in a northwest Toronto neighbourhood.
Charges against two 18-year-old men were withdrawn earlier this week.
A 20-year-old man and a 17-year-old who cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act were also charged in the case but there is no word if those charges will also be withdrawn.

Drug, weapons charges withdrawn against 2 Toronto men

TORONTO — Drug and gun-related charges against two Toronto men have been dropped, a spokesman for the Ministry of the Attorney General confirmed Tuesday.
The charges against Akil Whyte and Marvin Bannor, both 18, were withdrawn as there was no reasonable hope of conviction, Brendan Crawley said in an email.
The two were among four men and one 17-year-old boy facing 77 charges after police executed search warrants in a northwest Toronto neighbourhood in July.
Kevin Prempeh, 20, who was also charged, has been remanded to appear in court on Wednesday, Crawley said.
Also charged in the case were Keion Donegan, 20, and a 17-year-old boy, who cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
There was no immediate word on whether those charges would also be withdrawn.

4 men, boy face 77 gun and drug charges

A Toronto police car appears in this file photo. Tom Stefanac)

TORONTO — Four Toronto men and one 17-year-old boy are facing 77 drug and gun-related charges after police executed search warrants in a northwest neighbourhood.
Police seized a total of four firearms, as well as ammunition and marijuana, during searches Monday and last Friday at two separate addresses in the Black Creek neighbourhood near Jane and Finch Streets.
Twenty-year-old Kevin Prempeh, 18-year-olds Akil Whyte and Marvin Bannor and a 17-year-old boy face several gun charges, including possession of a firearm obtained by the commission of an offence.
The boy, who cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, has also been charged with possession of property obtained by crime.
Toronto resident Keion Donegan, 20, faces 12 gun and marijuana charges after Monday's search.