Man faces several charges for thefts of tools from Canadian Tire in Uxbridge
UXBRIDGE -- Several charges have been laid against a man accused of making a number of attempts to steal power tools, including one instance in which an employee was assaulted. The incidents occurred...
View ArticleUPDATED: Deceased people identified in Richmond Hill domestic-related homicide
Bodies of Karen Costa, 52, and Jeffrey Costa, 22, found in home
View ArticleOshawa man charged after dog hit with ladder, car crashes into home: Durham...
OSHAWA -- An Oshawa man is facing impaired driving and animal cruelty charges after a car was driven into the front of a home following an incident where a dog was struck by a ladder. Durham police...
View ArticleThird person charged in 2015 murder of Deshane Nelson in Pickering
DURHAM -- Investigators have charged a third person in connection with the murder of a man last summer in Pickering. Durham police said Friday that Rayanne Mehdi, 18, of Pickering, is charged with...
View ArticleDurham police seek source of posters falsely identifying man as sex offender
DURHAM -- Police are seeking tips from the public as they try to identify those responsible for posters distributed in Whitby and Oshawa that falsely identify a local man as a sex offender. The...
View ArticleMarkham patrol leads to human trafficking charges against Ajax man
A York Region officer patrolling near a Markham hotel has led to human trafficking charges against an Ajax man. The officer was in the Cochrane Drive area of Markham, shortly before 5 p.m. April 7...
View ArticleCobourg child porn collector Joseph DeYoung sentenced to six years
COBOURG -- A self-proclaimed child pornography collector was sentenced to six years behind bars on Friday. Joseph DeYoung, 46, appeared in Cobourg court on April 8, wearing hand and leg cuffs and with...
View ArticleCops nab copper thief in burned-out house in Oshawa
OSHAWA -- Durham cops collared a suspect in the act of removing copper pipes from a burned-out house in Oshawa Friday. A neighbour called police after seeing a bicycle outside a house on Farewell...
View ArticleVIDEO: Oshawa man charged after dog hit with ladder, car crashes into home:...
OSHAWA -- An Oshawa man is facing impaired driving and animal cruelty charges after a car was driven into the front of a home following an incident where a dog was struck by a ladder. Durham police...
View ArticleHamilton brothers get 13 years in murder of ex-Hells Angel biker
Judge Harrison Arrell said a message that gun violence will not be tolerated was necessary but he does not believe the Josipovic brothers will pose a risk in the future.
View ArticleSwastika found on Cobourg cenotaph in Victoria Park
COBOURG -- A swastika was found on the cenotaph in Victoria Park Saturday. Cobourg Police said they received a report at 6:40 p.m. that someone drew a swastika on the cenotaph in Victoria Park on April...
View ArticleBurlington police probe leads to seizure of drugs, semi-automatic rifle,...
BURLINGTON - Police say they seized a semi-automatic rifle, drugs and ammunition after executing a search warrant at a residence.
View ArticleWestern University community saddened by death of Jeffrey Costa
Former SickKids nurse Karen Costa and son, Jeffrey, found dead in Richmond Hill home Thursday
View ArticleFriends pay tribute to Richmond Hill's Jeffrey Costa on social media
Police expected to release details surrounding domestic-related homicide deaths of Costa and mother, Karen, tomorrow
View ArticleSIU investigate crash after man flees Peel police
The province’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is probing a five-vehicle crash in North York Saturday night (April 9) involving a man reportedly fleeing a Peel Regional Police investigation.
View ArticleTwo arrested after Pickering man selling ring on Kijiji robbed at gunpoint
PICKERING -- Two people were arrested after a Pickering man was robbed of a ring he’d attempted to sell online Sunday. Officers co-ordinated with security staff at the Rouge Valley hospital to arrest...
View ArticleYork Regional Police releases statement from Richmond Hill's Costa family
Mother, son found dead Thursday in what police dubbed domestic-related homicide; no suspects sought
View ArticlePolice dog locates intoxicated woman who left north Durham home, fell in creek
DURHAM -- A police canine team is being credited with rescuing a woman who fell into a freezing creek while drunk early Sunday in north Durham. The 40-year-old woman wandered away from a home she was...
View ArticleAccused in Toronto PATH murder gives speech about ‘terrorism’ in court
A woman charged with first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of a stranger in a Shoppers Drug Mart implored the justice of the peace at a Monday court appearance to listen to a bizarre spiel...
View ArticleCobourg Mac’s convenience store robber sentenced to six months in jail
COBOURG -- A man sentenced to six months in jail for robbing a convenience store tried to check himself into a hospital for treatment days prior to the incident, a Cobourg court heard on Monday. Milad...
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