05/20/2026
Three Toronto Police Officers Charged in Barcelona Sexual Assault Scandal — Back in Canada, Suspended WITH Pay… While Chief Myron Demkiw Stays Mostly Silent
Three off-duty Toronto Police Service officers — identified as Const. Evan Glennie, Rich Rand, and Caglar Yigit — are now back in Canada after being charged in Spain for an alleged s*xual assault on a s*x worker in a Barcelona taxi on May 13, 2026.
According to Spanish authorities (Mossos d’Esquadra), the incident occurred in Ciutat Vella. Two officers face charges of s*xual assault and assault causing injuries. The third was charged with attacking an agent of authority. Reports allege one groped the woman, another punched her in the face when she resisted, and the group was involved in the taxi confrontation.
All three have been suspended with pay under the Community Safety and Policing Act. Chief Myron Demkiw only addressed it publicly this week, confirming the suspensions and saying the service is seeking more details from Spain. No strong statement on the seriousness for public trust. No commitment to push for suspension without pay like in other cases.
This is the pattern.
Just months after Project South — the massive York Regional Police corruption probe — where seven active Toronto officers + one retired were charged with serious offences including drug trafficking, bribery, breach of trust, obstruction of justice, and leaking info to criminals (including a plot to murder a corrections officer). Six of those officers are now suspended without pay after public pressure.
The fallout? Federal prosecutors are reviewing roughly 30 criminal cases linked to these officers. Investigations, warrants, surveillance, and testimony could be compromised. Guilty criminals might walk free because the officers who built the cases against them are now accused of being dirty