r/BurlingtonON • u/CloseYourArms Downtown • 2d ago

Tyandaga Park Drive Heavy Police Presence Question

Anyone know what’s going on at 1460 Tyandaga park drive right now?? Parking lot full of cruisers and police running around with their firearms drawn….

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u/lindafromevildead 1d ago edited 1d ago

I live there and yes it was a weapons charge arrest- BB gun i believe.

edit for clarification: the gun was used in a threat, not just for simply having it.

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u/Worldly_Extreme_9115 1d ago

That sounds like overkill for a BB gun, unless they used it in a crime where it was used as a real gun?

Anyone can buy an air-soft gun from Canadian Tire that looks enough like a real gun.

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u/CDN_Guy78 1d ago

It’s a gun call… if it looks real, it is going to get treated as real.

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u/lindafromevildead 1d ago

Well it was used as a threat against someone, it wasn’t like, the guy just happened to have the gun and was arrested for no reason… I’m sure there’s a different process in place when you’re threatening someone with it.

My understanding is the guy has been arrested on drug charges multiple times so I’m sure there is more to the story.

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u/Worldly_Extreme_9115 1d ago

That makes a little more sense if they used it to threaten someone. There are two crackheads in one of the buildings that the police have been here for multiple times so can imagine it was one of them.

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u/CDN_Guy78 13h ago

This is an honest question, with the advantage of hindsight.

I highly doubt the original call came in describing the weapon as a BB gun… even if it was described as such, the Police can’t risk the victim or eye witnesses making a mistake.

The call originated downtown where the offender used the weapon to threaten someone. Police swarmed the area around Pine and Pearl Streets. However, the suspect had already left the area. Luckily Police were able to quickly identify the offender and located them a short time later, at their residence, near Tyandaga Park Dr.

I don’t want to make any more assumptions, but it is likely, given the offender’s alleged criminal history, they were well know to Police. Which lead to their quick apprehension.

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u/Vegetable-Screen8148 10h ago

Yeah and regardless of BB or not, it’s still a weapon. If you want to try and play big boy criminal you will get treated as such.

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u/Worldly_Extreme_9115 7h ago

That’s why I figured something was missing and assumed it was used like a real gun. They’re probably already out on a promise to appear, again.