Media Releases

 
Investigators with the York Regional Police Homicide Unit have arrested and charged a third suspect in connection with the homicide investigation after a shooting that took place in East Gwillimbury in March 2019.  
On Wednesday, July 10, 2019, investigators arrested and charged the third suspect sought in connection with the death of 22-year-old Alex PERLMUTTER , of Sunderland, Ontario. He was found deceased as a result of gunshot wounds on March 27,...
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York Regional Police with the assistance of the Toronto Police Service have located a 70-year-old man and his two grandsons aged two and four years old who were last seen in the Town of Newmarket.
On Wednesday, July 10, 2019, shortly after 1:30 p.m., 70-year-old Leo EASTON dropped off his wife at a plaza across the street from Southlake Regional Health Centre, in the area of Davis Drive and Lundy’s Lane. Also in his vehicle were his two grandchildren. He was supposed...
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Investigators with the York Regional Police Major Crimes Bureau have arrested and charged a fourth man involved in the March 23, 2019, armed kidnapping of a 22-year-old man from Markham.
On Tuesday, July 9, 2019, investigators arrested and charged Kyle MAIN , 31, of Keswick for his involvement in the kidnapping of a 22-year-old man from Markham. He appeared in the Ontario Court of Justice in Newmarket for a bail hearing today, and has been held in custody with...
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York Regional Police would like to remind citizens to be careful when speaking with strangers following recent jewelry distraction thefts in the City of Markham.
In recent incidents, unknown suspects engaged victims in conversation and placed a necklace or a bracelet around the victim’s neck or wrist at the same time removing the valuable necklace or bracelet the victim had been wearing. The suspects then leave the area and it is only later that the victims...
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Investigators with the York Regional Police Major Collision Investigation Unit are seeking witnesses following a fatal collision in the City of Vaughan.
On Tuesday, July 9, 2019, at 10 a.m., police were called to the intersection of Bathurst Street and Clark Avenue West for a report of a collision involving three vehicles. Officers received information that a black Infiniti G37 struck a white Toyota Corolla and a white Pontiac Sunfire. 
The 76-year-old...
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