The accused was tried on five criminal charges arising from an incident on July 10, 2011, in a Toronto Community Housing Complex known for drug and gang activity.
Police officers, responding to community complaints about drug trafficking, encountered the accused in the complex.
When approached, the accused fled, and during the chase, officers observed him reaching into his waistband and discarding a substance.
Officers apprehended him and found crack cocaine in his possession.
The accused was charged with unlawful possession of cocaine and marijuana, wilfully obstructing a police officer by falsely identifying himself, failing to comply with a recognizance condition regarding drug abstinence, and failing to comply with a probation order to keep the peace and be of good behaviour.
The court found the accused guilty of cocaine possession, obstructing police, and failing to comply with probation, but dismissed the marijuana possession charge and the breach of recognizance charge.
