Toronto Police Officers Arrested in Spain Over Alleged Taxi Assault

Three Toronto police officers on vacation in Spain have been arrested and charged by authorities in Barcelona following an alleged assault in a taxi last week. The officers, identified as Evan Glennie, Rich Rand, and Caglar Yigit, were off duty at the time of the incident.

The Mossos d'Esquadra, the police force of Catalonia, confirmed the arrests of three men for sexual assault and injuries. According to Spanish media reports and a local newspaper, the incident occurred in the early morning hours of May 13 in Barcelona's Ciutat Vella district. The reports allege the officers sexually assaulted and assaulted a sex worker inside a taxi after she refused to have sex with the group and asked the driver to return to her pickup point. The woman reportedly told authorities one officer sexually assaulted her while another punched her in the face, causing a wound near her eyebrow. The third officer was seated in the front passenger seat, according to the account.

Two of the officers were apprehended in Barcelona, while the third was arrested later in Palma de Mallorca. One officer remains in custody in Spain charged with sexual assault without penetration, while another was released but...