Assailant tries to set TTC rider’s jacket on fire on subway platform: Cops

Toronto Police are investigating after someone tried to set a TTC customer’s jacket on fire on the platform of Kennedy subway.

Police said that an assailant approached a man on the platform Sunday around 6:30 a.m.

“(The assailant) attempted to light the victim’s jacket on fire,” police said in a statement. “There were no injuries to the victim. The man fled the area.”

Police released surveillance footage which captured an image of the assailant, who was described as being 25-30 years old and was wearing a black jacket, grey pants and black running shoes.

Police standoff in southern Ontario leads to arrest of 39-year-old man

BRANT — A man in southern Ontario has been taken into custody after an hours-long standoff with provincial police.

Officers say they were called Saturday to a home in Brant County, west of Hamilton, regarding a health concern.

When they arrived, officers knocked on the door of the home, but didn’t get a response.

Police say officers eventually reached the 39-year-old homeowner by phone but were told to leave, saying he had firearms and “was prepared to use them.”

After hours of negotiations, police say tactical officers entered the home early Sunday and arrested the man, who was examined and held for a bail hearing.

— By the Canadian Press