{"id":496590,"date":"2026-02-24T15:56:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T15:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/496590\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T15:56:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T15:56:14","slug":"man-who-walked-away-from-police-custody-in-toronto-known-to-hang-out-near-mississauga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/496590\/","title":{"rendered":"Man who walked away from police custody in Toronto known to hang out near Mississauga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A wanted man accused of walking away from police custody three weeks ago in Toronto could be hanging out in an area near Toronto Pearson Airport in Mississauga, authorities say.<\/p>\n<p>Jahmal Sylvester, 28, of no fixed address, is being sought for being unlawfully at large after leaving police custody on Feb. 2, Toronto Police said.<\/p>\n<p>Police are seeking the public\u2019s help in tracking the man down.<\/p>\n<p>Sylvester was released from the Toronto Regional Bail Centre, located in the Finch Avenue West and Highway 400 area, on the early February day \u201cdespite being subject to a General Warrant of Committal requiring him to stay in custody to serve a jail sentence,\u201d police said in a news release late Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe accused left the courthouse and failed to return to custody to serve his sentence as required.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sylvester is described as 6-f00t, 200 pounds and police say he\u2019s known to frequent the Rexdale area of Toronto, located right on the border with the airport and the Malton area of Mississauga.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidyard-player-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771948572_281_awZCW3rPmWvxPqZHnBCKLu.jpg\" data-videoid=\"790139\" data-uuid=\"awZCW3rPmWvxPqZHnBCKLu\" data-v=\"4\" data-type=\"inline\" data-muted=\"1\" style=\"width:100%\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p>        <img width=\"1024\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-30-at-1.55.02-PM-1024x513.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>      <\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call police at 416-808-2200 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-8477.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-795598\" class=\"wp-image-795598 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Man-wanted-escaped-in-Toronto-from-toronto-cops.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"264\" height=\"333\"  \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-795598\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jahmal Sylvester, 28, of no fixed address. (Photo: Toronto Police)<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insauga.com\/editorial-guidelines\" class=\"editorial-guidelines-link d-block mb-4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            INsauga&#8217;s Editorial Standards and Policies        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last 30 Days: 54,437 Votes<\/p>\n<p>All Time: 1,233,920 Votes<\/p>\n<p>    46 VOTES<br \/>\n    Have you had to cut back on buying certain groceries to save money?    <\/p>\n<p>\tWIN A $100 GIFT CARD<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to INsauga\u2019s daily email newsletter for a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A wanted man accused of walking away from police custody three weeks ago in Toronto could be hanging&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":496591,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,3302],"class_list":["post-496590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=496590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/496591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}