A reward of up to $50,000 is being offered for information leading to the capture of a convicted firearms trafficker after he was released on bail for a third time and skipped his sentencing, Toronto police say.
Kamar Cunningham of Toronto was arrested as part of Project Patton in June 2018 for his involvement in an organization that trafficked guns over the U.S. border, Toronto police said.
Supt. Steve Watts said at a press conference Tuesday that Project Patton resulted in the single largest seizure of firearms in Toronto’s history at the time. Seventy-five people were arrested.
Cunningham was convicted on Nov. 27, 2020 of several firearms trafficking charges.
“He has been released on bail three times,” Watts said.
“Each time he has violated his release conditions before being arrested and released on bail again…. Not surprisingly, he did not appear once again for a sentencing hearing.”
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On May 4, 2021, Cunningham was sentenced in absentia to nine years in custody, police …