A 45-year-old Toronto man has been charged in connection with a suspected hate-motivated mischief investigation after a Toronto-area church was vandalized repeatedly over the course of nine months.
A church in the Don Mills Road and Fairview Mall Drive area of North York was vandalized multiple times between Aug. 6, 2025, and May 5, 2026, Toronto police said in a May 11 press release.
A male suspect damaged the outer glass doors of the church on several occasions before fleeing the scene, police said.
Toronto resident Sohrab Mehmandoust was arrested on May 5 in connection with the investigation, “which is being treated as a suspected hate-motivated offence,” police said….