In the early hours of June 20, 2025, police say they foiled the attempted assassination of a Toronto jail official at his home in Markham.
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they → say → Markham
Within a week, police had traced the case back to one of their own: Toronto Const. Timothy Barnhardt, who investigators allege took bribes to leak confidential information to criminals, who used the information to commit violent crimes.
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who → trace → crimes
Over the next seven months, the Project South investigation would uncover a sprawling web of alleged police corruption, drug dealing and extortion.
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investigation → uncover → corruption
Newly released court records provide an in-depth chronology to how one of the largest Toronto police scandals in history unfolded.
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one → release → history
The timeline below is based on the allegations contained in court documents and police statements, which have not been tested in court.
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which → base → court
None of the individuals mentioned have been tried or convicted of the alleged offences.
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None → mention → offences
Barnhardt’s lawyer declined to answer questions from the Star.
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lawyer → decline → Star
“We will defend these allegations in a courtroom where facts — not headlines — decide the outcome,” Jason Dos Santos wrote in an emailed statement.
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Santos → defend → statement
Unless otherwise noted, lawyers for each of the accused either declined to comment or did not respond to questions from the Star.
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lawyers → note → Star
May 27, 2025
Barnhardt, while off-duty, allegedly does a Ministry of Transportation (MTO) search with the licence plate number belonging to a Toronto South Detention Centre official.
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Barnhardt → do → official
June 16, 2025
Accused gunman-for-hire Keajean Doman texts alleged accomplice Median Jackson a cropped picture of an MTO query showing the jail official’s address.
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Doman → accuse → address
June 18, 2025
Gunmen show up at the jail official’s Markham home and threaten a family member.
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Gunmen → show → member
They flee before police arrive.
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police → flee → ?
The official tells police he believes he was targeted for his work at the jail.
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he → tell → jail
He names several inmates who have demonstrated hostility towards him, including Gurpreet Singh.
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who → name → Singh
June 19, 2025
York Regional Police officers are canvassing the area of the jail official’s home when they see the suspected gunmen’s car, a blue Acura TLX.
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they → canvass → car
They begin surveillance and, when they realize the car is returning to the jail official’s home around 2:30 a.m. the following morning, officers orchestrate a “high-risk vehicle stop.”
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officers → begin → stop
Almar Heath, a 28-year-old man, and two teenage boys are arrested.
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Heath → arrest → ?
In court documents, police say they have evidence suggesting the attempted hit on the jail official may have been ordered and directed by Singh, an inmate at Toronto South fighting extradition to the U.S. on charges that he co-ordinated large cocaine shipments for ex-Olympian and accused drug lord Ryan Wedding.
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he → say → Wedding
Singh has not been charged in relation to the attempted assassination.
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Singh → charge → assassination
York police discover Barnhardt searched the jail official’s licence plate without any legitimate reason.
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Barnhardt → discover → reason
They contact Toronto police’s professional standards unit and make them aware of the “Project South” investigation.
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them → contact → investigation
June 27, 2025
York officers request a list of all police database searches by Barnhardt since Jan. 1, 2025.
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officers → request → Jan.
They find 17 occasions when he conducted searches while off-duty.
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he → find → duty
July 17, 2025
Barnhardt allegedly conducts an MTO search of a licence plate.
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Barnhardt → conduct → plate
Three days later, a gunman fired shots at the subject’s home.
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gunman → fire → home
Aug. 4, 2025
Barnhardt allegedly conducts an MTO query of a man with gambling debts to organized crime groups, obtaining his home address and other information.
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Barnhardt → conduct → address
Two days later the man’s home is targeted in a shooting.
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home → target → shooting
Aug. 17, 2025
Police begin wiretapping Barnhardt and other suspects’ phones.
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Police → begin → phones
Sept. 2-7, 2025
Barnhardt continues to conduct MTO searches of individuals later targeted in shootings, police say.
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police → continue → shootings
Sept. 9, 2025
While under police surveillance and wiretaps, Barnhardt and accused drug trafficker Brian Da Costa allegedly discuss plans to open black-market cannabis dispensaries and erotic massage parlours with police protection.
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Barnhardt → accuse → protection
Court records allege that Barnhardt was later recorded discussing the scheme with three fellow Toronto cops: Sgt. Robert Black, Sgt. Carl Grellette and Const. Saurabjit Bedi.
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Barnhardt → allege → cops
Doman, the accused gunman-for-hire, is arrested after he allegedly shot 13 bullets into the front door of a house in Vaughan.
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he → accuse → Vaughan
Officers from the York Regional Police holdup Unit were conducting surveillance in the area and directly witnessed the shooting.
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Officers → conduct → shooting
Police have since alleged that he used information that can be traced back to Barnhardt to carry out four shootings in September.
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that → allege → September
Barnhardt, under audio and visual surveillance, is observed in his police cruiser running queries of police databases on his vehicle’s computer and taking pictures with a phone.
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Barnhardt → observe → phone
Later, Da Costa joins Barnhardt in the cruiser and takes pictures of the screen before handing Barnhardt multiple $100 bills, which Barnhardt tucks into the front pocket of his police vest.
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Barnhardt → join → vest
Sept. 11, 2025
Dequon Lemonious is arrested in connection to a shooting at a house in Vaughan.
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Lemonious → arrest → Vaughan
Lemonious was subsequently charged with six similar shootings at various locations in southern Ontario.
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Lemonious → charge → Ontario
October 2025
Project South investigators begin monitoring interactions between Singh, the Toronto South inmate, and a corporal at the jail named Nishwant Dosanjh, whom they learn is Singh’s former romantic partner.
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they → begin → jail
…and 24 more, not listed.
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