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Police Charge Man After Person Dies After Falling Off Boat Near Toronto Islands
Nasme Saqqa faces charges after operating an unlicensed boat charter with 16 passengers, leading to a fatal fall overboard on Lake Ontario, police said.
- On Oct. 8, 2025, Toronto police said Nasme Saqqa, 35, of Mississauga, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with criminal negligence causing death after a passenger fell from a boat near the Toronto Islands.
- Prosecutors allege the accused operated an illegal private boat charter on the vessel `Slow Motion` without proper commercial licence and registration or additional crew members.
- Police responded to a marine rescue on Lake Ontario around 12:30 a.m., and officers from the Toronto police marine unit and Transport Canada investigated the incident.
- He is scheduled to appear at Toronto Regional Bail Court on Wednesday, The Canadian Press first published this report Oct. 8, 2025.
- The charter allegedly carried about 16 passengers who paid for a private boat charter on August 23 near the Toronto Islands, raising broader safety concerns.
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