Media Releases

Investigators with the York Regional Police #4 District Criminal Investigations Bureau are appealing for witnesses following an unprovoked assault in the City of Vaughan.
Just after 6 p.m. on Tuesday, December 23, 2025, police attended a plaza parking lot in the area of Mable Smith Way and Interchange Way for a report of an assault. Two victims were walking when an unknown male approached them from behind, grabbed one of the victims and assaulted them with a sharp object before...
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Investigators with the York Regional Police Guns, Gangs and Drug Enforcement Unit have charged eight people in relation to drug trafficking and firearm offences as a result of Project Endless.
The investigation, conducted in partnership with the Ontario Provincial Police Border Drug Interdiction Task Force and the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, began in December 2024 into a suspect who was importing and exporting large quantities of controlled substances. Through...
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Investigators from the York Regional Police Integrated Property Crime Task Force (ICPTF) have charged an additional suspect as part of Project Lone Wolf, an investigation into overnight residential break and enters across York Region.
In October 2024 ICPTF launched an investigation into series of residential break and enters. The suspects targeted unoccupied homes throughout the fall and winter months which appeared to be vacant while the homeowners were away.
The suspects...
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Investigators with the York Regional Police Major Collision Investigations Unit are appealing for witnesses after a pedestrian was fatally struck in the City of Richmond Hill.
On Thursday, December 18, 2025, at 4:10 p.m., officers responded to a two-vehicle collision at the intersection of Major Mackenzie Drive East and Leslie Street. Investigators learned that after the initial collision, three pedestrians were struck by one of the involved vehicles.
One pedestrian, a...
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Investigators with the York Regional Police Special Victims Unit are appealing for additional victims to come forward following a sexual assault on a transit bus in the City of Richmond Hill.
On Tuesday, November 18, 2025, between 6 and 7 p.m., the victim reported they were travelling on a northbound bus from Finch Station in the City of Toronto, to the Richmond Hill terminal when a male suspect sat beside her and touched her in a sexual manner. The victim immediately stood...
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