Former Ajax resident Oren Callender on the run after bilking seniors of...
DURHAM -- Police have issued an arrest warrant for a former Ajax man suspected of going on the lam after defrauding elderly investors here of more than $150,000. It’s believed the suspect, 44-year-old...
View ArticleToronto couple charged after kids ages 3 and 5 found in cold van outside...
SCUGOG -- Child abandonment charges have been laid against a couple whose children were found sleeping in a van outside a Scugog casino Tuesday. The children, ages 3 and 5, were apprehended by the...
View ArticleYork cops take slice out of cheese bandit suspects
A trio of alleged bandits has time to chill out after their cheesy burglary attempt went awry. The threesome was caught in Vaughan early Wednesday morning when their tractor-trailer loaded with...
View ArticleCRA scammers now posing as Durham Regional Police officers
DURHAM — Durham Regional Police Service is warning the public about a new twist thieves are using with regards to the ongoing Canadian Revenue Agency scam. Fraudsters have been contacting residents,...
View ArticleMath tutor, fiancée arrested in sexual assault case
A Toronto math tutor and his fiancée were arrested Tuesday in connection with a case of gang sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl last year.
View ArticleArrest made in fatal hit-and-run
A 61-year-old Brampton man was arrested and charged in Wednesday morning's hit-and-run that killed a pedestrian crossing Kennedy Road, Peel Regional Police announced.
View ArticleMonths after theft, Whitby senior Doris Lane finally has OHIP card replaced
DURHAM -- After months of filling out forms, placing phone calls and otherwise wrestling with bureaucracy, a Whitby senior has finally had her stolen OHIP card replaced. Doris Lane received her health...
View ArticleDurham cops find most domestic violence offenders complying with court orders
DURHAM -- Compliance checks on domestic violence offenders found the vast majority of them to be abiding by court-imposed conditions, Durham police said. Officers took part in the compliance blitz...
View ArticleDrug taken during Oshawa pharmacy robbery
OSHAWA -- A man who claimed to be armed robbed an Oshawa pharmacy of opiates Wednesday. No one was hurt during the incident, at the Guardian Drugs store on Kings Street West at about 3:50 p.m. Nov. 25,...
View ArticleOshawa man Shelby Brittain charged with sexually assaulting teen girl he met...
OSHAWA -- Charges have been laid against an Oshawa man after a teenaged girl complained to police she’d been sexually assaulted by a man she met online. The complainant, 15, said she was first...
View ArticleSix arrested in Hamilton drug bust worth $1 million
Six people have been charged after a million-dollar drug bust by police.
View ArticleMan unsuccessfully attempts to rob Peterborough hotel
PETERBOROUGH -- Police are looking for a man who unsuccessfully attempted to rob Holiday Inn. According to Peterborough Police, shortly after 5 a.m. on Friday (Nov. 27), the unknown man walked into...
View ArticleWhitby man shocked driver left accident scene after knocking him off his bike
WHITBY -- Austin Hennessey has a few things he’d like to say to the woman who fled the scene after hitting him with her SUV. “I hope to God it’s haunting her,” Mr. Hennessey, 19, added. “She’s hiding...
View ArticleWhy does a son or daughter kill a parent?
BURLINGTON — Wesley “David” Nagel was attacked in his home last month, in an apartment on a main street in a town rarely host to murder. The 62-year-old man called 911 at 10:32 p.m., telling the...
View ArticleBrantford stand-off ‘contained’ Sunday night
Police said all-day street closure downtown was due to assault investigation.
View ArticleNiagara officer sentenced in cheese smuggling case
Police say about $200,000 worth of cheese was smuggled in, generating a profit of about $165,000.
View ArticleTwenty-one Durham drivers charged in week two of festive RIDE campaign
DURHAM -- Another 21 drivers have been charged with drinking and driving in the Durham Regional Police Festive RIDE program. In two weeks, the number charged with impaired driving charges is 33,...
View ArticleVaughan homeowner robbed at gunpoint
Five masked men, armed with handguns, burst into a Woodbridge home Friday night, stealing cash and electronics, York police said. Recommended for you More crime news The incident happened at about...
View ArticlePolice use taser during arrest of Midland assault suspect
MIDLAND – A Midland police officer tasered an armed suspect following a violent domestic incident last week. A 911 call brought police to a Midland residence around 11:30 p.m. Nov. 23. A woman...
View ArticleMan charged with punching, kicking man and dog
Police believe fight was over money, when man kicked barking dog
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