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Port Hope senior outsmarts “grandchild” scammer
PORT HOPE -- A 71-year-old Port Hope man could not be duped into the so-called grandchild scam. The man got a call from someone purporting to be his grandson on Dec. 31. The man quickly ended the...
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Bank robbed by masked men who fled in a luxury car
A TD Canada Trust bank on Airport Road has been robbed this morning.
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Chatham-Kent man charged for making death threats while on a VIA train in...
COBOURG -- A westbound VIA train bound for Toronto was evacuated and searched after a man was overheard making threats on his cellphone. The train stopped at the Cobourg station on Jan. 5 around 11:50...
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Multiple charges, including flee police, for Peterborough man
SELWYN — A Peterborough man faces multiple charges after he fled from police early Wednesday morning (Jan. 6) in Selwyn. At about 2 a.m., Peterborough County OPP officers on routine patrol saw a...
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Damages to soccer dome in Whitby ‘nowhere near’ $1-million estimate
WHITBY -- The actual cost of damages at the soccer dome facility in Whitby following a recent break-in is expected to be much less than the $1-million amount initially reported. Whitby Iroquois Soccer...
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Grafton attempted murder suspect appears in Cobourg court
NORTHUMBERLAND -- A man accused of attempted murder made an appearance in a Cobourg courtroom on Wednesday and is opting to let the courts decide his fate. Daniel Grant, 61, appeared in court...
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Ajax teacher, 52-year-old Raymond Hubbard, charged with attempting to lure...
AJAX -- A long-time teacher with the Durham District School Board is facing luring charges after police said he attempted to make arrangements over the Internet to meet a 14-year-old female for a...
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Windsor man charged with threatening MPs, ordered to stay away from Prime...
COBOURG -- A Windsor-area man has been ordered to stay away from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his family after an alleged plot to kill members of Parliament was uncovered during a VIA Rail trip,...
View ArticleTeenager arrested for attempted armed robbery in Courtice
CLARINGTON -- A Clarington teenage boy has been arrested in connection to the attempted armed robbery of a Courtice convenience store that occurred last month. On Thursday, Dec. 10, a young male in...
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Police hunt four men in violent downtown Hamilton home invasion
A downtown home invasion resulted in two victims being taken to hospital, police say.
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Ajax teacher Raymond Hubbard, 52, charged with luring a child, remains in...
DURHAM -- An Ajax elementary school teacher accused of attempting to lure a teenaged girl for sex remains in custody after being denied bail. Raymond Hubbard, 52, appeared by video link for the...
View ArticleTwo teens arrested as police answer break-in alarm at Courtice Secondary School
COURTICE -- Cops surrounded a school and arrested two break-in suspects early Friday in Courtice. Durham officers responding to an alarm at Courtice Secondary around 3 a.m. Jan. 8 discovered a broken...
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Durham, Northumberland Liberal MPs receive marijuana in mail
COBOURG -- A late Christmas present of medical-grade marijuana at the Cobourg office of Northumberland-Peterborough South MP Kim Rudd sparked a call to the police. The MP, who also represents Orono...
View ArticleFluctuating temperatures making for unsafe ice on Durham lakes, police warn
DURHAM -- This winter’s wildly fluctuating temperatures have prompted Durham police to issue a warning about unpredictable ice conditions. Ice on lakes Ontario, Scugog and Simcoe can be very thin...
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Rohinie Bisesar, accused in deadly PATH knife attack, appears in court
Rohinie Bisesar, the woman who stands accused of killing Rosemarie Junor in a random knife attack in the PATH last month, briefly appeared in court Friday. Wearing an oversized green sweat suit with...
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December sex assault in Newmarket may be related to previous incidents: police
UPDATE: New police video compiles surveillance footage from 3 incidents
View ArticleSIU clears OPP of wrongdoing in death of Norwood woman in Brighton
BRIGHTON -- The Special Investigation Unit has concluded an OPP officer had no role in the death of a woman in Brighton on Nov. 20. The SIU is an agency that investigates death or serious injury when...
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Toronto men face drug, fraud charges after speeding car stopped by police in...
SCUGOG -- Four Toronto-area men are facing drug charges after Durham cops pulled over a vehicle for speeding just south of Port Perry early Monday morning. Officers noticed a southbound car travelling...
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OPP using drones more and more in daily police activities
The OPP is increasingly relying on unmanned aerial vehicles – known generically as ‘drones’ – for traffic collision reconstruction, among other uses. The example pictured here is produced by...
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