{"id":179865,"date":"2026-08-23T18:06:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T18:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/179865\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T18:06:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T18:06:19","slug":"man-arrested-for-breaking-into-toronto-synagogue-stealing-religious-items","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/179865\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested for breaking into Toronto synagogue, stealing religious items"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 35-year-old Toronto man has been arrested and charged following a break-and-enter incident at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/diaspora\/antisemitism\/article-906323\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">synagogue<\/a> located in the city\u2019s Bathurst Street and Lawrence Avenue East area.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/diaspora\/antisemitism\/article-904995\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Toronto<\/a> Police Service news release issued by 53 Division investigators, the suspect, Kayce Ranger, allegedly broke into the place of worship during the early morning hours on August 18. Police stated that once inside the building, the individual stole several religious items before fleeing the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">Following an investigation, authorities executed a search warrant the following day at a residence located near Lawrence Avenue West and Englemount Avenue. Police confirmed that all of the stolen religious items were recovered during the search.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article-paragraph-section article-body-paragraph\">Ranger was taken into custody and faces charges of breaking and entering, alongside failing to comply with a release order. He was scheduled to appear for a court hearing on August 20 at the Toronto Regional Bail Centre.<\/p>\n<p>Richard Robertson, director of Research and Advocacy at B\u2019nai Brith Canada, said in a statement to The Jerusalem Post, \u201cThis incident underscores why B\u2019nai Brith Canada has supported MP [Garnett] Genuis\u2019s bill, which would create a distinct standalone criminal offense for stealing religious property. With alarming frequency, synagogues in this country have become the targets of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/diaspora\/antisemitism\/article-906144\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">protests<\/a>, acts of violence, and thefts. As a society, we must protect the sacred nature of our houses of worship. It is also essential, given the current climate and national crisis of antisemitism, that the authorities thoroughly investigate whether or not the theft was hate-motivated.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The incident comes amid escalating threats and violence directed at Jewish institutions across the country, marked by incidents such as the recent suspicious arson that gutted N\u00f6am, a popular kosher restaurant in Montreal, and a series of targeted attacks in Toronto where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/diaspora\/antisemitism\/article-903734\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">gunfire struck a branch<\/a> of Kiva\u2019s Bagel Bar while another location had its windows smashed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 35-year-old Toronto man has been arrested and charged following a break-and-enter incident at a synagogue located in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179866,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[3124,10958,17,48],"class_list":["post-179865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-antisemitism","tag-bnai-brith","tag-canada","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}