A 28-year-old man was allegedly nabbed with a gun after taking a friend’s vehicle without permission in Ajax.
Durham Regional Police say officers were dispatched to a residence in Ajax after receiving the report about the vehicle around 2:40 a.m. on Thursday.
“A female and male were involved in a verbal disagreement resulting in the male taking the female’s vehicle,” Const. Nicholas Gluckstein alleged in a statement released by cops. “The vehicle was tracked to a location in Toronto where officers located it in a plaza parking lot.”
He said the man who allegedly took the vehicle was found sleeping in the driver’s seat.
“As the male was searching for his ID, police observed a handgun in his bag,” Gluckstein alleged, explaining the man was taken into custody “without incident.”
Dwayne Godfrey White, of Markham, is charged with numerous offences that include possession of a loaded, restricted/prohibited firearm; occupy a motor vehicle with a firearm; tampering with the serial number of a firearm; and possession of a restricted/prohibited firearm with no licence.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call police at 1-888-579-1520, ext. 2292 or 2289, or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).