NEWS RELEASE
NIAGARA REGIONAL POLICE
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On Oct. 20, 2021 at approximately 6:25 p.m., 2 District – Niagara Falls uniform officers from the Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) responded to a report of a fight in the City of Niagara Falls.
Officers arrived on-scene in the area of Stanley Avenue and Robinson Street. The initial investigation determined that a motorist had been driving their 2012 brown Chevrolet Malibu along Stanley Avenue when a woman fell into the roadway in front of the car. When the driver got out of their car to help the fallen person, an unknown male appeared and tried to steal the car. The driver confronted the unknown male suspect, at which time [it is alleged that] he was verbally threatened with an unseen gun. The suspect also tried to strike the driver.
The driver and a bystander were eventually able to remove the suspect from the car. The suspect then ran from the area prior to officers’ arrival.
2 District detectives were assigned to the investigation. The identity of the male suspect was determined, and he was located in St. Catharines a short time later. The suspect was waiting to board a bus to the Toronto area. The male suspect and the woman who fell were determined to be a couple. The woman provided officers with a false name during the investigation. They were both arrested.
Shona Alexis Borecky (34 years) of Toronto is charged with the criminal offences of:
• robbery with firearm contrary to Section 344(1)(a) of the Criminal Code
• obstruct peace officer contrary to Section 129(a) of the Criminal Code
Dimce Kaluzovski (45 years) of Toronto is charged with the criminal offences of:
• robbery with firearm contrary to Section 344(1)(a) of the Criminal Code
• fail to comply with probation order contrary to Section 733.1(1) of the Criminal Code
Borecky and Kaluzovski were both held in custody to appear at a video bail hearing to the Robert S. K. Welch Courthouse in St. Catharines on Oct. 21, 2021.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the police at 905-688-4111, ext. 1022200.
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