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Descrease article font size Increase article font size A scammer targeting an elderly victim lied about being their daughter and being involved in a car accident that killed a young boy in a bid to obtain money, Toronto police say. Toronto police said in a news release that on Tuesday, …
Read More »Toronto man sought after police allege he removed court-ordered ankle monitor – Toronto
Toronto police say they are looking for a man they allege removed his GPS ankle monitor, which was part of his release conditions. Police said on Wednesday at around 8 p.m., officers responded to the area of Highway 427 and Burnhamthorpe Road. Investigators said the man was released from court …
Read More »Man approached victim onboard TTC bus ‘unprovoked,’ stabbed him: police – Toronto
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Police are trying to identify a man they say threatened a person with a sharp object at a Toronto subway station and then a few days later, stabbed a person onboard a bus in an unprovoked attack. Toronto police said the first …
Read More »Person dead after fight at Toronto apartment building – Toronto
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Toronto police say a person is dead after a fight in Toronto late Sunday. Officers said the fight broke out at an apartment building in the area of Lisgar Street and Queen Street West, east of Dufferin Street, just after 9 p.m. …
Read More »Women sexually assaulted at Woodbine Casino in Toronto: police – Toronto
An arrest has been made after multiple sexual assaults were reported at Woodbine Casino in Toronto’s west end this month, police say. Toronto police said between April 1 and April 7, sexual assaults occurred at the casino, located in the area of Highway 27 and Rexdale Boulevard. Police said two …
Read More »Bitcoin scam: Victim faced with excuses, told to pay large fees when trying to withdraw funds – Toronto
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A victim in a cryptocurrency scam who invested $400,000 was faced with multiple excuses and told to pay large fees when attempting to withdraw the funds, Toronto police say. In a news release issued Tuesday, police said officers were able to recover …
Read More »2 teen girls repeatedly sexually assaulted by Toronto private school teacher, police allege – Toronto
An arrest has been made after a Toronto private school teacher repeatedly sexually assaulted two teenage girls whom he taught, police say. Toronto police said in a news release Thursday that between January 2012 and June 2020, the man worked as a teacher at Bond Academy Private School, located on …
Read More »New Durham Regional Police Chief Peter Moreira sworn in
It was an event full of fanfare, starting with the new Durham Region’s new chief of police being bagpiped into a full house of his new peers, dignitaries and police officers from across the Greater Toronto Area. Nearly 300 people people came to witness the swearing in of the ninth …
Read More »Brazen break-ins at Toronto film equipment rental shops caught on camera – Toronto
Brothers Mehran and Daniel Shojaei are both in the film equipment rental business. Not only do they share an interest in quality cameras and lenses, they now share break-in stories — and they are eerily similar. On Thursday, just after 3 a.m., older brother Mehran was awakened by his security …
Read More »Man in 60s rushed to hospital after north Toronto stabbing – Toronto
A man in his 60s was rushed to hospital after being stabbed in north Toronto late Thursday. Toronto police said it happened in the Keele Street and Finch Avenue West area around 11:30 p.m. The victim was stabbed twice following an altercation with one or more suspects who he didn’t …
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