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Eight current and retired Toronto police officers have been charged in an organized crime and corruption investigation.
The sprawling investigation led by York Regional Police, whose initial results were announced Thursday, alleges Toronto officers provided personal information used to carry out crimes including shootings, robberies and a murder plot. Investigators allege some officers also trafficked cocaine and accepted bribes to support illegal cannabis dispensaries. The allegations have not been tested in court.
Toronto police Chief Myron Demkiw said the accused officers have been suspended and he will seek to suspend at least four of them without pay, in line with policing laws.
Here is what we know about the officers accused in the investigation.
TIMOTHY BARNHARDT
The 56-year-old constable from Mississauga faces 17 charges, the most of any of the officers accused in the investigation. They include charges related to cocaine trafficking, bribery and weapons.
Documents from police disciplinary proceedings show Barnhardt pleaded guilty to misconduct in relation to an incident that took place in May 2015. The constable “let his emotions get the best of him” during an argument with the owner of a used car lot and spoke to him “in an uncivil manner,” then improperly used his authority to issue two tickets, the documents say. He also gave false and misleading information to another officer who came to investigate the manner, they say.
ROBERT BLACK
The 42-year-old sergeant from Vaughan faces four charges. They include conspiring to obstruct justice, two drug trafficking charges and counselling an uncommitted fraud.
JOHN MADELEY SR.
The 55-year-old retired constable from Barrie is charged with breach of trust, four counts of unauthorized use of a computer, possession of a prohibited firearm and device, and possession of more than $5,000 worth of property obtained by crime.
Madeley was also charged in January with several criminal offences, including breach of trust and possession of property obtained by crime, in a separate extortion investigation by York Regional Police tied to illegal gaming and betting.
Police tribunal documents show Madeley also pleaded guilty to several counts of misconduct stemming from multiple incidents over the years. In one case, he drove while impaired in the early hours of Feb. 14, 2008, and hit the back of a transport truck, according to records from disciplinary proceedings. The following year, he spoke to a friend’s nine-year-old daughter alone and in full uniform after learning the girl was alleging sexual abuse at the hands of her father, documents say.
In 2011, the constable drove a police vehicle “in a manner similar to an emergency response” in order to bypass rush hour traffic because he didn’t want to be late for a union meeting, disciplinary documents show.
More than a decade later, Madeley faced more disciplinary charges over allegations that he damaged his police gun and lost his work phone, but the charges were stayed after he left the force in April 2025, documents show. It was alleged that he put his gun and some clothes on the trunk of his car after a shift in April 2023 and neglected to take them before driving away. The gun and a magazine were allegedly found on the road by another officer, and the firearm had to be replaced, according to a notice of hearing. The phone, meanwhile, was lost sometime later that month, though it was not reported missing until late June of that year, another document alleges.
JOHN MADELEY JR.
The 29-year-old constable from Vaughan, and the son of John Madeley Sr., faces two charges: breach of trust and unauthorized use of a computer.
CARL GRELLETTE
The 49-year-old sergeant from Vaughan faces four charges in the investigation. They include breach of trust and harassment by repeatedly following another person.
SAURABJIT BEDI
The constable from Caledon faces several conspiracy charges and one substance trafficking charge. The 38-year-old is accused of conspiring to obstruct justice, falsely accuse a person, accept a bribe and traffic a substance.
DEREK McCORMICK
The 57-year-old from Toronto is accused of four counts of theft under $5,000, along with charges of breach of trust and obstruction of justice. He is a constable.
ELIAS MOUAWAD
The 24-year-old constable from Mississauga faces two charges: breach of trust and unauthorized use of a computer.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Feb. 6, 2026.
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