Canada-Wide Warrant Issued for 31-Year-Old Male Known to Frequent Toronto

Canada-Wide Warrant Issued for 31-Year-Old Male Known to Frequent Toronto
An Ontario Provincial Police logo is shown during a press conference in Barrie, Ont., on April 3, 2019. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press)
Andrew Chen
2/23/2023
Updated:
2/23/2023
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A Canada-wide warrant has been issued by the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) for a 31-year-old male who is known to frequent the Toronto area, according to a police statement released on Feb. 23.

Michael Stamatakos is wanted for allegedly breaching his statutory release while serving a two-year sentence for arson. He is also facing one count each of dangerous operation of a conveyance, flight from a peace officer, uttering threat to cause death or harm, and possession of a schedule 1 substance.

Stamatakos is described as five-foot-five, weighing 110 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. The man has multiple tattoos—“a heart and teardrop and stitch trail on his left cheek, a stitch trail on his right cheek, ‘SD KEYZ’ on his right calf, ‘THE WORLD IS MINE’ on his left hand, ‘SPARTON’ on the right side of his neck,” the police said.

The OPP urges those with information related to Stamatakos to contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477, or Ontario’s Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement squad’s main office at 416-808-5900.