A 57-year-old man is facing charges after allegedly yelling racial slurs at several Asian people in Markham’s Unionville area last week, and keying the car of a woman who confronted him.
York Regional Police say that just before 8 p.m. on Friday they were called to Main Street in Unionville for a report of “a suspect who had been yelling racial slurs targeting members of the Asian community.”
They arrived and found a woman who told them she confronted the man uttering the slurs, and then he allegedly responded by keying her car.
Officers located the suspect a short distance away and took him into custody.
He was identified as Neil Mitchell of Markham.
Mitchell was charged with causing a disturbance and mischief under $5,000.
Anyone with information this incident is asked to call police at 1-866-876-5473.
