Toronto police chief hands off case linked to embattled mayor

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Toronto police chief hands off case linked to embattled mayor

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/toronto-police-chief-hands-off-case-linked-embattled-214800517.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Aiy3EyzaNapNsGUuvQrooA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-03-05T214800Z_3_CBREA1O18J000_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-TORONTO-MAYOR.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Toronto Mayor Ford celebrates Team Canada's gold medal win over Sweden in the men's ice hockey gold medal game at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games, in Toronto" align="left" title="Toronto Mayor Ford celebrates Team Canada's gold medal win over Sweden in the men's ice hockey gold medal game at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games, in Toronto" border="0" /></a>By Allison Martell TORONTO (Reuters) - Ontario authorities have agreed to a request from Toronto's police chief to supervise an investigation that has already resulted in extortion charges against an alleged drug dealer and associate of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, a probe the mayor contends is politically motivated. Toronto Police have declined to say much about Ford's role, if any, in the case against his friend and occasional driver, Sandro Lisi. But police documents released last fall showed that the mayor, now running for re-election, had been under surveillance for months. His admission of drug use came days after Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair said his force, during an earlier investigation called Project Traveler, had obtained a video featuring the mayor that was consistent with media reports about a video clip showing Ford appearing to smoking crack.</p><br clear="all"/>

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