Wow… it’s gotta be nice, you know? Being the son of a prominent Toronto City Police narcotics officer, that is, when you’re caught with drugs and an illegal handgun.
Andrew Canepa is the son of Detective-Constable Tony Canepa. He was arrested for possession of an illegal .45 calibre Smith and Wesson revolver on December 14, 2008 when he was 18 years old. Here we are two years later, and his case has finally come before the courts.
He’s been sentenced, to, get this, 1 year of house arrest.
That’s awesome. I’m so happy to know we have one law for you and me, you know, the common folk, and another one for the kids of cops.
Canepa pled guilty last week and was sentenced to this “harsh sentence” by Justice Ian Nordheimer. Seems both the Crown and defense attorneys agreed that sending the younger Canepa to jail was not in the interests of justice.
Naturally, everyone involved in the case say the young man has received no special treatment because of who his dad is.
“Canepa was, in no way, given any favours because his father is a police officer. The prosecution case was severely undermined by the warrantless, unjustified search,” said defence counsel George Tsimiklis.
Yeah, sure… whatever you’ve got to tell yourself to get through the day George.
The Toronto Sun just couldn’t help but blame everyone for his crimes except Andrew. It was his mother’s fault. It was his dad’s fault, it was his teachers’ fault.
Andrew’s life was tumultuous from his earliest memories.
Waaaaaa… who’s isn’t? Everyone grows up having troubles. I’ve yet to meet a single person who hasn’t had trials and tribulations while growing up. That’s why it’s called growing up, for crying out loud!
Is it good that young Andrew is finally turning his life around? Absolutely! I hope he becomes a productive member of society. But that’s not going to happen as long as everyone around him does what the Toronto Sun writer did, and blame everyone for his problems but himself. It’s called personal responsibility for a reason.
However, if he’d been the average law-abiding gun owner, he’d have been strip-searched in his driveway like Jonathan Login, or had a SWAT team tear his home and business apart, like John St. Amour of Marstar. Or charged with unsafe storage of firearms like Dave Lind, for the “crime” of moving from Ontario to Alberta, or … well, you get the idea. I could list a dozen cases, but really, why bother.
It should be enough for us to understand that the son of a Toronto cop gets sentenced to house arrest for what would have sent any regular law-abiding gun owner to jail. And that there’s no favouritism at play.
Sure wish I had a Toronto narcotics cop for a father…
Who do YOU think you are? Your sarcasm is repulsive. You don’t know the full story and you should therefore keep your opinions to yourself. There’s so much more corruption going on in the world, so much more to write about and you choose this? Get a life, honestly.
“He was sentenced to, get this, one year of house arrest.” Well how long do you think he should serve for possession of marijuana that EVERY 18 year old has access to and a handgun that was never used? Life in prison? MURDERERS IN CANADA GET OFF WITH A SLAP ON THE WRIST!!! AND YOU WANT THIS POOR KID TO GO TO JAIL?
He’s not a hardened criminal!
Also, one of the reasons he got off was because it was A COMPLETELY UNLAWFUL SEARCH, there was no search warrant presented and anything found is therefore not eligible as evidence and cannot be held against him. Did you read the original story? No you’re blowing “the cop father” angle out of proportion.
No matter what I say, you’re set in your ways, but know that Andrew has been through a lot, more than you will ever know. And you should be ashamed.
honestly i no this kid were freinds and you dont nothing about nothing first off it wasnt just a year.. b4 he got that sentence he was already doing to years of strict house arresst. on top of that it was a illeageal search and if he went to trial there was a 50/50 chance he would get off thats why he got the year.. and you think his the only kid to get arressted with a gun and get housse arrest what are you stupid. And if you new anything about the kourts alot of people bring up there past and what happen to them because thats what lead them to the point where there standing in front of a judge.. not bekause they want people to feel sorry or to he had a bad life it aint his fault. that’s not the kase he knows rite and wrong i aint hear him say b4 that it wasnt his fault or he had a rough life thats why he did it.. he excepts responsibilites for his actions. and truly this is pretty sad you write about this what about all the molested kids in the world and there atackers only get a few years… and andrew gets it easy kause his dads a kop ur stupid his dad had nothing to do with it he aint even live with him growing up.. so please find better things to write about that are more important or just get a life watever works for you.
one another thing did you no when he first got arressted he went to jail for a week.. if this is true what you say that its good to be a kops son kause he wont go to jail.. then why did he.. so dosent this kinda make your whole logic that he got of kause of his father look stupid seeing as he went to jail