The Toronto Police Service is updating the public about an arrest made in a Stabbing and Home Invasion investigation.

See excerpt from previous news release published on Wednesday, February 4, 2026: 

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On Thursday, January 22, 2026, at approximately 11:27 p.m., police responded to a call for a Stabbing in the Kennedy Road and Ellesmere Road area.

It is reported that:

• two male suspects knocked on the victim’s door
• a victim answered the door, and the suspects forced their way inside
• the suspects began to assault the victim while demanding cash
• the suspects took a quantity of cash
• a second victim appeared and one of the suspects produced a knife
• the suspects stabbed the second victim in the stomach before fleeing the area

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Investigators had previously announced two arrests and charges laid in this investigation.

See previous news release here.

On Thursday, October 22, 2026, Ricardo Gonzales Romero, 22, of Toronto, was arrested and charged with:

1. Fail to Comply Release Order
2. Mischief/Tamper Property
3. Fail to Attend Court

He was scheduled to appear in court at the Toronto Regional Bail Centre, 2201 Finch Avenue West, on Friday, October 23, 2026, at 9:30 a.m., in room 107.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-2510.