"Const. Timothy Barnhardt, 56, will remain in custody while facing 17 charges, the most of any of the seven Toronto cops and one retired officer arrested in connection to the York Regional Police investigation Project South."
"The allegations against Barnhardt include trafficking police uniforms, supporting illegal cannabis dispensaries by accepting bribes in exchange for protecting against police investigation, and releasing confidential information to criminals, which police say helped facilitate targeted shootings."
"York investigators allege that Barnhardt accessed private information about the senior corrections officer and provided it to a civilian accused in the case, Brian Da Costa, who was then accused of releasing it to others charged in the murder plot."
Const. Timothy Barnhardt, a Toronto police officer, was denied bail and will remain in custody while facing 17 charges, the most among those arrested in a corruption probe. The charges include trafficking police uniforms, accepting bribes to protect illegal cannabis dispensaries, and leaking confidential information to criminals. The investigation, known as Project South, began after a conspiracy to kill a corrections officer was uncovered. Barnhardt and five other officers involved are currently suspended without pay, and none of the charges have been tested in court.
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