Media Releases

Investigators with the York Regional Police #5 District Criminal Investigations Bureau have charged a 66-year-old man following a sexual assault on a transit bus in the City of Markham.
On Saturday, November 28, 2020, at 9:30 p.m., York Regional Police were called to the intersection of Highway 7 and Kennedy Road for a report of a sexual assault. When officers arrived, they found a 27-year-old female victim who advised that she had been sexually assaulted by being touched...
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Investigators with the York Regional Police Major Collision Investigation Unit are seeking witnesses following a serious pedestrian collision in the City of Richmond Hill.  
On Monday, November 30, 2020, at 6:41 p.m., York Regional Police were called to the intersection of Yonge Street and Regatta Drive for a report of a collision where a pedestrian had been struck by a vehicle. When officers arrived, they found the pedestrian, a 71-year-old man from the Town of Newmarket,...
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Investigators with the #4 District Criminal Investigations Bureau are seeking witnesses following a shooting that occurred in the City of Vaughan.
On Monday, November 30, 2020, shortly after 10 p.m., York Regional Police were called to the area of Steeles Avenue West and Martin Grove Road for a report of gunshots being fired. When officers arrived they found multiple shell casings on the roadway just north of the intersection, but there were no suspects or victims.
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Investigators with the York Regional Police #2 District Criminal Investigations Bureau have charged a man with impaired and firearms-related offences after he fled the scene of a multi-vehicle collision in the City of Richmond Hill.
On Monday, November 30, 2020, shortly after noon, York Regional Police were called to a three-vehicle collision in the intersection of Major Mackenzie Drive and Shirley Drive. When officers arrived, they found three vehicles involved, but only...
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Investigators with the York Regional Police Financial Crimes Unit have charged a company employee after he was found to have defrauded his employer of $5.4 million in connection with an ongoing fraud investigation.  
The investigation began in August 2020, when a forensic audit brought to light that a business located on Gough Road, which is in the area of 14 th Avenue and Warden Avenue in the City of Markham, had millions of dollars paid out to an unknown company.
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