Police seek suspect in connection with alleged assault on TTC subway train near Pape Station in January
Toronto police are asking for the public’s help locating a man wanted in connection with an alleged assault on a TTC subway train near Pape Station earlier this year.
According to police, a 19-year-old was riding the subway westbound approaching Pape Station at approximately 9:45 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 14, when a man allegedly him from behind with a wooden object.
Police said the victim was helped off the train at Pape by other passengers, and the suspect remained on board the westbound train.
The victim and the suspect were not known to each another, police said.
The suspect is described as male, 35 to 40 years old, five-feet, eight-inches tall, with black hair and full black beard. He was wearing a black winter jacket, beige-yellow zippered sweater, black pants, and black shoes.
Toronto police are asking for the public’s help identifying this man in connection with an alleged assault on a TTC subway train near Pape Station on the night of Sunday, Jan. 14.
Police have released an image of the suspect in the hopes that someone can identify him.
Anyone with information is asked to contact police in 55 Division at 416-808-5500, or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-8477, or online at https://www.222tips.com
UPDATE: In a news release sent at 3 p.m. on Feb. 13, Toronto police said the man being sought in connection with this incident has been identified as Robert Olah, 44, of Toronto. Olah is being held and is before the courts on other matters, police said in the news release, and the investigation remains ongoing.
