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in April, 2003, for which he received a conditional discharge. The charge stemmed the harassing of managers of a
Toronto modelling agency with which he had signed, hoping for a career as a model. When Arnaout failed to get any work as a model, he allegedly began calling the agency repeatedly and
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Arnaout since June 2007 after harassment complaints by Toronto resident Steven Scott. Arnaout was wanted on an arrest warrant which had been was issued on June 26 charging him with criminal harassment of Scott, a former employer.
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building contractor John Becker on August 22. The device failed to explode. When residents complained about
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