The Toronto Police Service has laid multiple charges against a man after he allegedly assaulted several people and crashed his vehicle into a fire truck.

On Sunday, May 9, 2021, at 11:09 a.m., the Service received a radio call for an assault in the area of Glenavy Avenue and Glazebrook Avenue. This incident then continued into the Mount Pleasant and St. Clair Avenue East area, Moore Avenue, and then into the York Mills Road and Victoria Park Avenue area.

It is alleged that:

- a man assaulted a 34-year-old man and a dog in the Glenavy Avenue and Glazebrook Avenue area, near Bayview Avenue and Eglinton Avenue

- the man fled in a white Volkswagen Jetta

- the vehicle was located by police and a pursuit ensued south on Bayview Avenue

- police lost sight of the vehicle in the area of St. Clair Avenue and Mount Pleasant Road

- the man then crashed his vehicle into a fence near Parkwoods Village Drive and Victoria Park Avenue

- the man then got out of his vehicle and proceeded to assault another man with a belt

- the man then got back into his vehicle and drove south on Victoria Park where he struck a fire truck responding to a radio call

- the man then assaulted a firefighter

- the man fled on foot and police were able to locate the man

On Sunday, May 9, 2021, Aliasghar Behrouzi, 26, of Toronto, was arrested. He is charged with:

1. two counts of Assault

2. two counts of Assault Causing Bodily Harm

3. Injure Animal

4. Fail to Stop/ Flight from Police

5. two counts of Dangerous Operation

6. Assault with a Weapon

7. Obstruct Police- Resist arrest

He appeared in court at College Park on Monday, May 10, 2021.

Detectives are requesting anyone in the area, who has dash camera video or cell phone video, to please contact police.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-5300, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), online at www.222tips.com, online on our Facebook Leave a Tip page, or text TOR and your message to CRIMES (274637). Download the free Crime Stoppers Mobile App on iTunes or Google Play.