Const. Ned Maodus, a suspended drug squad officer, is acquitted of assault in connection to a road-rage incident.
July 2007A Windsor judge acquits suspended drug squad officer Const. Ned Maodus on charges of attacking his girlfriend with a butcher knife after the woman recants her story.
Aug. 17, 2007Const. Ned Maodus pleads guilty to a string of attacks on a woman over a number of years. In exchange, the Crown drops at least a dozen other charges against the suspended drug squad officer, including drugs and weapons offences and sexual assault. He is sentenced to two years' house arrest. He still faces other charges from the corruption probe, including obstruction of justice, perjury and extortion.
October 2007John Schertzer, the suspended lead detective at the centre of the corruption scandal, officially retires from the Toronto Police Service, opting for a lump sum $1-million retirement payout instead of a monthly pension payment.
January - February 2008Superior Court Justice Ian Nordheimer stays the charges against the six officers accused of obstruction of justrice, perjury, extortion and assault. He says the officers' charter rights were violated because it took more than eight years to bring the charges to trial. He cites a lack of urgency on the part of the prosecution. After the decision, and a revelation that the cops may have intimidated witnesses from testifying against them, pressure mounts for the Ontario government to hold a public inquiry. Attorney General Chris Bentley says an inquiry won't accomplish much.
Feb. 8, 2008The Crown appeals the decision to throw out the charges against six former Toronto drug squad officers. One defence lawyer calls the move a "travesty" and says the Crown should just "bow out gracefully."
Feb. 25, 2008Ontario's attorney general Chris Bentley calls a review into how large criminal cases are handled in the province. Bentley denies the announcement is a reaction to the staying of charges in the police corruption case, saying the review will look into how such cases can move more quickly and effectively through the justice system. The recommendations are slated for release in summer 2008.
April 25, 2008CBC News publishes the original report from an internal Toronto police task force that led to the charges against the six former drug squad officers in January 2004.
- CBC STORY: CBC releases Toronto drug squad probe report
