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On the heels of the shocking news that Toronto Police had discovered two allegedly dirty cops in their ranks, Peel police admit one of their officers is also facing charges on an un related matter.
The officer was actually arrested May 16 following an investigation by their Internal Affairs Bureau, but Peel police only announced the arrest yesterday.
Const. Jason Sandilands, who has been on the force for four years, is charged with theft under $5,000 and breach of trust, Acting Staff-Sgt. Taufic Saliba said.
SUSPENDED WITH PAY
He said the charges stem from the accused's involvement in an investigation that took place while he was assigned to the Tactical and Rescue Unit.
"The property involved ... was money," Saliba said, refusing to elaborate.
Like Toronto Consts. Patrick Lee and Kevin Bourne, who are accused of operating dozens of mari juana grow-ops, Sandilands has been suspended with pay.
He is to appear in a Brampton court on July 9.
Sandilands was in the news in 2005 when he was the first officer to arrive at the scene of a stabbing and ended up in an altercation with two Mississauga men -- one of whom is in a wheelchair -- who were helping the stabbed man.
'ABHORRENT'
Stephen Miller, 20, and his pal Garrett Mannings, 24, who is paralyzed from the waist down, ended up charged with causing a disturbance. Both were found not guilty in 2006.
At their trial, Miller claimed he pleaded unsuccessfully with Sandilands to help him as he tried to stop his friend's bleeding.
Lawyer Jason Bogle, who defended the pair, said something should have alerted Peel police a long time ago. "They were asking him to assist a dying man and officer Sandilands would not," Bogle alleged. "That was abhorrent."
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