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Eight of the Eleven Counts Arise From One Published Firearm, and the Other Three Allege He Was Already Bound by Release Orders, With Police Saying He Was on Conditions Not to Possess Weapons and to Stay in His Residence at All Times: the Durham Gun and Gang Unit Charges Isaiah Annis, 22, and Ajonnah-Destiny Collins-Obrien, 19, at Dundas and Garden in Whitby (October 1, 2026)

Durham Regional Police published this file on Thursday, October 1, 2026. Members of the force’s Gun and Gang Unit arrested two Whitby residents in the area of Dundas Street East and Garden Street in Whitby on Wednesday, September 30, 2026, and seized one loaded firearm fitted with a prohibited over-capacity magazine. Isaiah Annis, 22, of Whitby faces seven counts; Ajonnah-Destiny Collins-Obrien, 19, of Whitby faces four. That is eleven counts between them, and eight of the eleven are firearm or prohibited-device counts arising from the single gun in the published inventory. Both were held for bail hearings. The force adds that at the time of his arrest Annis was on conditions not to possess any weapons or cell phones and to remain in his residence at all times, and that the firearm was located in a search of the suspects. What the force does not publish is most of the rest of what would make the file legible: the firearm is not described, no round count appears, the over-capacity magazine is described by nothing but the word prohibited, no time of day is given for the arrest, nothing says what brought officers to the intersection, and nothing says what the three release orders Annis is alleged to have breached arose from.

One Gun, Two People, the Same Four Counts

The two accused face an identical core charge sheet. Annis and Collins-Obrien are each charged with unauthorized possession of a firearm, unauthorized possession of a prohibited device, possession of a loaded firearm in a vehicle, and possession of a loaded firearm. Those four counts, laid twice over, account for eight of the eleven. The published seizure inventory contains one firearm and one magazine. The release says only that “a search of the suspects located a loaded firearm with a prohibited over capacity magazine.” It does not explain how a single gun comes to be attributed to two people, and it does not say whether the gun was found on one accused or on both, or on which. That is recorded here as an absence in the record, not as a doubt about the allegation.

One of those four counts is possession of a loaded firearm in a vehicle. The charge wording therefore places a vehicle in the file. The body of the release does not: no vehicle is described, no make, model, colour or ownership is given, it is not stated whether the vehicle was stopped or stationary, and it is not stated whether the search of the suspects took place in or near it. The force says both suspects were located in the area of Dundas Street East and Garden Street and taken into custody without incident, and gives no civic address.

The Three Release Orders, and the Conditions the Force Describes

Three counts of failing to comply with a release order are laid against Annis alone, and they are the only counts that distinguish the two charge sheets. The release does not say what those orders arose from, when they were imposed, or which court imposed them. In a separate sentence it says that at the time of his arrest Annis “was on conditions not to possess any weapons or cell phones and remain in his residence at all times.” The release does not tie that sentence to the three counts, so it does not say which conditions each count rests on, and the sentence is a statement by the force, not a charge. Three separate counts imply three separate alleged breaches or three separate orders; the record does not say which, and no inference is drawn here. The release also does not say whether the intersection where he was arrested is at or near his residence.

What Carried the File

The only unit named is the Gun and Gang Unit. No project or operation name is attached, no partner force is credited, and no joint-forces team appears. The release carries no occurrence or file number, names no officer, and contains no quotation of any kind — not from an investigator, not from a commander, not from the force’s communications office. Both accused were held for bail hearings and the outcome of neither hearing is published, nor is any next court date.

Every charge above is reproduced in the wording Durham Regional Police used, and every allegation in this file is the force’s. None of the eleven counts has been tested in court; Isaiah Annis and Ajonnah-Destiny Collins-Obrien are each presumed innocent, and the three release-order counts are allegations of breach, not findings of one. The force’s statement about the conditions Annis was on is the force’s own and is not a finding of any court. Whitby sits in Durham Region inside the Greater Toronto Area, which is in the primary footprint of this beat, so no further beat qualifier is required. The Gun and Gang Unit is the name of a police unit; its involvement is not an allegation that any criminal organization was party to these offences. No criminal organization, street gang, outlaw motorcycle club, crime family or cartel has been named by the force or by anyone else in connection with this file, and none is named here. The force reports no publication ban.