Man wanted in connection with ‘multiple’ assault, threatening investigations in Toronto area: police

Toronto police included this photo with their press release. (Credit: Toronto Police Services)

A man is wanted after allegedly threatening a victim and damaging their personal property over a span of four months, police report.

Toronto police say they responded to several assault and threatening calls from May to September this year.

The suspect allegedly sent threatening messages to the victim and damaged their property, police say.

The suspect and victim know each other, according to investigators.

Police identified the suspect as Jason Spafford, 40, of Toronto, who is wanted on 24 charges, including 11 counts of uttering threats, seven counts of fail to comply with release order and three counts of fail to comply with probation order.

Police describe him as five-foot-nine, weighing 250 pounds, brown hair and a beard. They add that he has a tattoo on his right forearm and a scar above his eye.