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A man with distinctive facial tattoos who twice was wanted on warrants for breaching statutory release has been arrested again.
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Toronto Police confirmed to the Sun that Michael Stamatakos was arrested on July 9 in Etobicoke and charged with unlawfully in dwelling house.
“This means that he was in the act of unauthorized presence in someone else’s residence,” a media relations spokesperson said.
A video posted Friday by social media account 6ixbuzztv claimed to show Stamatakos being arrested in a garage by SWAT members while he was filming a TikTok live video.
The police spokesperson would not confirm the veracity of the video.
“We only confirm things that we release (video-wise) because that’s what we have control of,” the spokesperson said Monday.
Stamatakos became infamous locally for his tattooed mugshot amid the Canada-wide warrants last year.
He was serving a two-year sentence for several offences, including arson, flight from police and uttering death threats, when he first breached his statutory release in February 2023.
He was arrested a month later in Hamilton after he checked himself into hospital and was recognized by staff, who called police.
But in October he went on the run again, sparking a second manhunt before Hamilton Police caught up with him in December.
The black and white video posted by 6ixbuzztv shows a man purported to be Stamatakos inside a garage when the door starts to raise and officers wearing SWAT gear appear.
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“Let me see,” says one of the officers while the man holds both of his arms out wide.
“What the f*** are you doing bro?” the man replies.
“Relax, relax,” responds one of the officers before handcuffing him and taking him into custody.
“Put your hands on top of your head. Turn around. Do not move,” an officer says.
The cops then enter the garage and turn the camera off.
Reaction to the clip ranged from jokes to disbelief.
“Never seen a more polite police ‘raid’ lmaooo,” one person commented.
“This feels like some s*** from a Trailer Park Boys episode. All the way down to the dialogue,” said another.
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