Whitby drug raid nets four suspects
Four people were arrested, a small quantity of drugs and cash was seized by police in Whitby this weekend. On Saturday, March 5 at 4 a.m. officers from the Central West Division Target Team executed a...
View ArticlePolice looking for suspect in Pickering stabbing
A 29-year-old man was stabbed multiple times after a dispute with an unknown suspect who fled the scene. Durham Police were called to Colmar Avenue in Pickering for a disturbance on Friday, March 4 at...
View ArticleStabbing victim mourned by friends
Friends of Hamza Lamadani, the 19-year-old stabbed to death during an altercation in front of a Mississauga highrise Saturday afternoon, are mourning his loss on social media and expressing anger at...
View ArticlePickering man slashed, police seeking suspect
PICKERING -- Police are looking for a suspect after a Pickering man was slashed. On Friday, March 4 at about 10:10 p.m., a Pickering man approached a suspicious vehicle and ran after it when it tried...
View ArticleCobourg child pornography collector sentencing delayed
COBOURG -- A self-proclaimed child pornography collector who pleaded guilty to multiple sexual offences had his sentencing delayed Monday afternoon and has returned to the community. Joseph DeYoung,...
View ArticleSkyway Bridge crash truck lacked warning light: defence
Trucking company owner on the stand in second week of trial
View Article‘Bloodletting event’ occurred in Tim Bosma’s truck
Evidence consistent with someone having been shot in the front passenger seat, expert says
View ArticleOshawa man beaten, robbed by four suspects
OSHAWA -- An Oshawa man suffered minor injuries after being attacked and robbed by four suspects. The 24-year-old victim was walking northbound on Simcoe Street near Beatrice Street on Monday, March 7...
View ArticleAjax, Whitby men face charges in Falby Court knife fight
DURHAM -- Two men face charges after an argument turned violent. The incident happened in the parking lot of an apartment building on Falby Court in Ajax on Sunday, March 6 at about 8:20 a.m. Durham...
View ArticleMore charges laid against Pickering teen accused in Dunbarton High School...
DURHAM -- More charges have been laid against a 14-year-old girl accused of injuring several people in a knife attack Feb. 23 at Dunbarton High School in Pickering. Two new charges of assault with a...
View ArticleSkyway driver was detained for hours before failing breath test: Defence
Lawyer says accused kept in back seat of cruiser on bridge, offered no access to counsel
View ArticlePickering Town Centre retailers taught how to spot fake U.S. bills
PICKERING -- With a rise in U.S. counterfeit money passed in stores over the past few months, Durham police want retailers to know what to look for in fake bills. Members of the major fraud unit...
View ArticleOuthouse peeping Tom at Warsaw Caves found dead in Haliburton
A notorious outhouse peeping Tom wanted on child pornography charges has been found dead in Haliburton. On March 3, Toronto police alerted the public that 47-year-old Darren Padilla, formerly known as...
View ArticleElderly man, 79, charged with sexual assault in Port Hope
PORT HOPE -- After receiving tips of inappropriate activity within an extended family, police charged a 79-year-old Port Hope man with sexual assault and other offences. Police arrested a man on March...
View ArticleBandit armed with knife robs Bowmanville Mac’s store
BOWMANVILLE -- A suspect fled with cash and cigarettes after an armed robbery early Wednesday in Bowmanville. A clerk at the Mac’s Milk on Mearns Avenue was threatened with a knife during the robbery,...
View ArticleCharges laid after two Durham drivers ignore road blocks, hit police cruisers...
DURHAM -- Charges have been laid against two drivers who damaged police cruisers after ignoring roadblocks at emergency scenes over the course of two days this week. The incidents, which occurred...
View ArticleDurham man sentenced to nine years for robberies targeting Kijiji users
DURHAM -- A man who pleaded guilty to a rash of violent robberies in Durham Region -- including incidents in which people answering online ads were pepper sprayed and terrorized -- has been sentenced...
View ArticleBosma trial: A moment on tape that’s too much to bear
For a split second, in the upper right corner of a dark, blurry screen, there is a flash of light.
View ArticleMan scams $10,000 in goods from Best Buy (and then tries again the next day):...
PETERBOROUGH -- An Oshawa man is accused of using a fraudulent credit card to buy more than $10,000 in merchandise from Best Buy. Peterborough Police say on March 8 the man walked into the...
View ArticleUPDATE: Port Hope man, 79, accused of sexual assaulting step-granddaughter...
PORT HOPE -- A man charged with multiple sexual offences will appear in court on April 6. Police received tips of inappropriate activity within an extended family and as a result charged a 79-year-old...
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