{"id":938996,"date":"2026-10-19T16:22:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T16:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/938996\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T16:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T16:22:11","slug":"toronto-police-officer-guilty-of-charge-in-project-south-investigation-receives-conditional-discharge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/938996\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto police officer guilty of charge in Project South investigation receives conditional discharge"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the Toronto police officers charged in the Project South investigation has received a conditional discharge after pleading guilty to a charge of unauthorized use of a computer. <\/p>\n

Const. Elias Mouawad pled guilty to the charge late last month. He will be on probation for one year and must complete 100 hours of community service.<\/p>\n

A conditional discharge was a minimum sentence required for this charge, but the judge said mitigating factors included that he pled guilty as quickly as possible and has expressed remorse.<\/p>\n

His lawyer, Peter Brauti, said his client was relieved the criminal part is over. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe was a small fish in what\u2019s clearly a big case and he just wants to move on with his life and his career,\u201d said Brauti. <\/p>\n

Brauti said Mouawad intends to go to the police tribunal hearing and fight for his job.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

Mouawad is one of eight current and former Toronto police officers charged in connection to the corruption case.<\/p>\n

He was the second to plead guilty after Derek McCormick entered a guilty plea for theft under $5,000 and breach of trust (stealing found property) back in June.<\/p>\n

Project South began in June 2025 when York Regional Police dismantled an alleged plot to murder a member of corrections management who was working at a Ontario correctional institution.<\/p>\n

The seven-month-long investigation found officers unlawfully accessed information, which was then funneled to criminals who carried out shootings and other violent offences.<\/p>\n

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