In September 2020, now-former cop Lorenzino Censoni entered his station’s drug storage locker, tore into two evidence bags and ingested what he thought was cocaine — nearly dying of a fentanyl overdose just meters from the station.
Five people were being jointly prosecuted when the trial began in April untilafter court heard that drug evidence had been stolen by a Toronto officer.
The two people acquitted midtrial had been charged directly in connection to the drugs stolen by Censoni. Lawyers for the remaining three had argued their clients, too, should have their charges stayed or the evidence tossed due to the officer’s misconduct, and alleged Censoni’s actions were part of a bigger problem with the integrity of the Toronto police drug locker storage system.
In a 14-page decision released Friday, Boucher called Censoni’s misconduct “a complete violation of public trust and of the integrity of exhibit management,” but found Ehret, Moreira and Velez Lau were “merely spectators” to that misconduct. Their charges did not stem from the drugs Censoni stole, though that hadn’t been apparent at the start of the trial, she said.
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