Hungarian man facing hundreds of criminal charges remains in Canada, drawing the ire of police, politicians
By Alex Zoltan, True North Wire
If all the allegations prove to be true, a 24-year-old Hungarian man with close to 400 charges against him could be called Canada’s hardest working criminal.
Police allege that Lajos Galamb went on his intrepidly productive run of break-and-enters in Ontario beginning in Jan. 2024 – all while he was supposed to be on house arrest. That run netted him 193 charges for incidents spanning multiple jurisdictions over just one year.
Galamb is also facing 195 other break-and-enter-related charges in jurisdictions outside the initial investigation area, including Waterloo, Guelph, London, York, Peel, and Durham regions.
The Toronto Police Association rang an alarm bell over the story in a widely circulated X post that lamented what many perceive as a revolving-door justice system and calling for bail reform: “How many more chances do repeat violent offenders get before meaningful change happens?”
“This is yet another example of why we need real bail reform NOW,” the Toronto Police Association post continued.
Commenting on the Toronto Police Association’s X post, Conservative party leader Pierre Poilievre added: “397 strikes, you’re out! But woke Liberals’ catch-and-release, hug-a-thug laws turn him loose to terrorize our people.”