Media Releases

Investigators with the York Regional Police Hold-Up Unit are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a suspect following an attempted commercial robbery in the Town of Newmarket.
On Saturday, February 21, 2026, at approximately 5:45 p.m., officers responded to reports of five suspicious males entering a shopping mall wearing ski masks and brandishing hammers. The suspects were confronted by security and fled the scene in a waiting Honda CR-V.
No robbery occurred...
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Investigators with the York Regional Police Special Victims Unit have charged an occupational therapy assistant in connection with the assault of a child with special needs in the City of Vaughan.
On February 24, 2026, investigators were contacted by the complainant, who reported their child with special needs had been assaulted by their occupational therapy assistant. The suspect attended the victim’s home in Vaughan for a therapy session and, during the session, the...
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Investigators with the York Regional Police Special Victims Unit have charged a 47-year-old Coptic Church priest from the Town of East Gwillimbury in connection with the historical sexual assault of a minor.
The investigation began in November 2025, when the victim came forward to report they had been sexually assaulted by the suspect on two occasions between 1996 and 1999. At the time of the assault, the victim was under the age of 16.
On Thursday, February 26, 2026,...
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Investigators with the York Regional Police #5 District Criminal Investigations Bureau have laid multiple charges against three suspects in connection with a Markham fraud investigation.
Between January 9, 2025, and September 12, 2025, the suspect worked at the victim’s business as a senior manager. After the suspect’s termination from the company, the victims located fraudulent invoices for services which had not been rendered, totalling more than $360,000. The...
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Investigators with the York Regional Police Homicide Unit are appealing for the public assistance in locating two suspects wanted in connection with a homicide in the City of Vaughan.
On Monday, January 26, 2026, at 1:08 p.m., officers were called to a commercial plaza in the area of Winges and Rowntree Dairy roads after receiving reports that shots fired. When officers arrived, a male was located in front of a business with multiple gunshot wounds. He was transported to hospital...
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