Here are two men Toronto cops see in court. Again and again and again.

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The points cards were popping for members of Toronto’s criminal fraternity this week.

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Me? I couldn’t begin to pick the player of the week, but there were two standouts whose dedication to craft is noteworthy. But … we hasten to add, none of the charges have been tested in court.

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So, ladies and gents, behind door number one, meet 33-year-old Cassim Cummings of Toronto. He was arrested for allegedly attacking a stranger in North York last week.

Unprovoked attack

According to cops, the alleged assault occurred in the area of Yonge St. and Empress Ave. on Nov. 26. The victim was walking in the area when they were approached from behind and assaulted by a stranger, leaving them with non-life-threatening injuries.

What prompted the attack is anyone’s guess. Cummings is charged with one count of assault causing bodily harm. Got it?

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In 2013, Cummings stabbed a fellow TTC passenger at Davisville Station. The victim had the temerity to ask the attacker to stop bothering other riders and was carved up for his trouble. Luckily, the victim recovered, while Cummings was charged with attempted murder and aggravated assault.

He was sentenced to four years in jail for the stabbing. That same month, he was charged with two counts of assault and one count of threatening bodily harm for incidents at Finch and North York Centre stations. He allegedly choked and threatened a man and repeatedly punched a security guard.

In 2016, Cassim Cummings was back in the spotlight for threatening TTC riders (is there a theme here?). At the time, he was on probation for the 2013 stabbing. He was charged with two counts of mischief, two counts of assaulting a peace officer, and failure to comply with a probation order.

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By that point, he had dozens of prior convictions. A total legend and worth your consideration.

Kidnapping at gunpoint

But don’t cast your ballots just yet. Tajahan Kelly, 30, of Toronto, is no slouch. On Tuesday night in Rexdale, cops say a quartet of clownish criminals — including Kelly — tried to pull off a kidnapping at gunpoint.

According to police, the thugs drove the victim around the area for about an hour “making demands.” Next, the gang that couldn’t shoot straight confronted the homeowner with a shotgun. The Mensa members stole some cash, jewelry, dope, and the owner’s Ford F-150, then fled.

In Kelly’s latest alleged caper, our man faces a slew of kidnapping, robbery, and firearm charges. You can toss in fail to comply for good measure.

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Back in 2014, Kelly, was arrested and charged with an Oakville home invasion. The suspects forced their way into an apartment where a woman was home alone. Team Knucklehead was allegedly armed with knives and looking for cash and drugs.

A fingerprint led detectives to a Mississauga home, but Kelly then allegedly fled, driving a car onto a sidewalk and striking two unmarked police vehicles. Two weeks later, Kelly surrendered to Halton cops.

He was charged with robbery, B&E, dangerous operation of a vehicle, possession of a dangerous weapon, and wearing a disguise with intent.

Big trouble next came calling for Kelly in 2018 during a multi-jurisdictional drug and firearms investigation. Cops seized guns, big and small, a machine gun, an assault rifle, silencers, grenades, body armour, cocaine, meth, heroin, fentanyl and $85,000 in cold, hard cash.

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Among those charged? The up-and-coming Tajahan Kelly.

More recently, in November 2024, in Thunder Bay, an early morning disturbance call opened up another new mess for Kelly. There was a gun pointed at cops, a fleeing vehicle that narrowly missed an officer. A messy business.

Kelly was hit with drug charges, obstructing a peace officer, guns, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, and you can toss in this mark of greatness: Failing to comply with conditions imposed by a court order.

Are Cassim Cummings and Tajahan Kelly outliers? Anomalies in our urban jungles?

Nope. Guys like them are as common as dirt.

bhunter@postmedia.com

@HunterTOSun

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