Solid Gold bandits flee massive police response at strip club
Plains Road was closed four hours as police search, but discover nobody
View ArticleGrief-stricken family members speak out at sentencing for Sharon Baksh,...
OSHAWA -- An air of palpable grief permeated a courtroom Tuesday as relatives and friends of Oshawa senior Alletta Rusnell, stabbed to death almost three years ago by a neighbour intent on robbing...
View ArticleCLAIRMONT: Did being a nice guy seal Tim Bosma’s fate?
Hank and Mary Bosma raised their son Tim to work hard, go to church and be a nice guy
View ArticleBOSMA TRIAL: Millard told roommate of plan to steal truck
Two days before Tim Bosma disappeared, Dellen Millard was showing his roommate listings for Dodge Ram pickup trucks on Kijiji.
View ArticleOshawa man charged after police investigate peeping tom complaint
OSHAWA -- Charges including criminal harassment have been laid against an Oshawa man accused of repeatedly peering into the windows of a home. A homeowner in the Beatrice Street East and Grandview...
View ArticleDurham seniors latest victims of CRA phone and iTunes gift card fraud, police...
DURHAM -- Fraud artists continue to target Durham Region residents with the taxman scheme, including one senior who was recently bilked of thousands of dollars. And the fraudsters have added a new...
View ArticleSharon Baksh sentenced to 12 years for ‘heinous’ killing of Oshawa senior...
OSHAWA -- Sharon Baksh has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for the brutal killing of her neighbour, a frail senior who was stabbed dozens of times after interrupting a break-in in her Oshawa...
View ArticleBowmanville Zoo owner Michael Hackenberger charged with animal cruelty
BOWMANVILLE -- Bowmanville Zoo owner Michael Hackenberger has been charged with five counts of animal cruelty four months after a video was made public of him training a Siberian tiger. The Ontario...
View ArticleSmelly bacon, youth assault occupy Northumberland OPP: April 8-10
NORTHUMBERLAND -- The Northumberland OPP dealt with a variety of calls this past weekend, including smelly bacon, a youth assault and a teenager attempting to sneak out of his house. April 8: • Two...
View ArticleVIDEO: Bowmanville Zoo owner Michael Hackenberger in court Tuesday on animal...
CLARINGTON -- Bowmanville Zoo owner Michael Hackenberger will be in provincial court on Tuesday, April 19 on five animal cruelty charges, months after a video surfaced of him training a tiger with a...
View ArticleDurham cops keeping track of stats that show violent crime on the rise in 2016
DURHAM -- Durham police are keeping an eye on numbers that indicate crime statistics were on the rise in the first quarter of 2016. After holding steady and even declining over the past five years,...
View ArticleVIDEO: Dash cam catches image of suspect in Brooklin break-in
BROOKLIN -- Police are hoping video caught by a vehicle dash camera will lead to the identity of a man wanted for a break-in Tuesday in Brooklin. A suspect fled a residence on Charest Place when the...
View ArticleDisturbance at Oshawa hotel led to man’s human trafficking charges, jury hears
DURHAM -- A report of a disturbance at an Oshawa hotel led to charges against a man accused of controlling a woman who worked as a prostitute, jurors heard as a trial began Thursday. Although the...
View ArticleVIDEO: Whitby man charged with string of armed robberies including Cobourg...
DURHAM -- Police have charged a Whitby man with a string of brazen robberies that included heists from banks in Toronto, Markham and Cobourg. The suspect, whose arrest was announced by Toronto police...
View ArticleBOSMA TRIAL: Millard had money and stole truck for ‘thrill’, roommate says
Day 36 of trial of Dellen Millard and Mark Smich, accused of killing Ancaster’s Tim Bosma
View ArticleFormer Big Brothers Big Sisters executive director charged with fraud
PETERBOROUGH-- The former executive director of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Peterborough has been charged with fraud. Peterborough police say an investigation revealed between 2009 and 2015 the...
View ArticleFamilies, including one from Port Hope, sue U.S. sperm bank over ‘shocking'...
Three Ontario families have launched lawsuits against a U.S. sperm bank and its Ontario distributor, alleging that they were misinformed about their sperm donor, who has turned out to have multiple...
View ArticleGuilty plea in Vaughan juvenile prostitution incident
A 33-year-old Vaughan man has pleaded guilty to Sexual Interference in connection with a 2014 juvenile prostitution investigation. On April 14, Americo Magana pleaded guilty to Sexual Interference and...
View ArticleOntario SPCA dismisses accusations of a conflict of interest after charges...
BOWMANVILLE - The OSPCA is denying an animal rights group’s claim that criminal charges were not laid against Bowmanville Zoo owner Michael Hackenberger because he has assisted with the group’s...
View ArticleCops trying to identify man who punched Ajax loss prevention officer
AJAX -- Police have released an image of a suspect in an assault that left a loss prevention officer at an Ajax store with serious head injuries. The man was involved in a verbal confrontation with...
View Article