Media Releases

Investigators with the York Regional Police Special Victims Unit are seeking public assistance in identifying a male suspect following a sexual assault in the City of Richmond Hill.
On April 5, 2025, the victim was at an indoor community centre pool in the area of Spadina Road and Weldrick Road East. While in the pool, the victim was inappropriately touched by an unknown male as he swam by.
Investigators are releasing images of the suspect and believe there may be additional...
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Investigators with the York Regional Police Hold-Up Unit are releasing images of a male suspect for identification in relation to a March 2025 home invasion in the Town of Aurora.
On Thursday, March 6, 2025, at approximately 11:20 a.m., police were called to a residence in the area of Murray Drive and Kennedy Street for a home invasion. The female victim told officers she answered the door after someone was knocking aggressively. As the front door opened, a male suspect forced...
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Investigators with the York Regional Police #1 District Criminal Investigations Bureau are seeking the public’s assistance in locating a missing 56-year-old man from the Town of Newmarket.
Robert BISSESSAR was last seen on Wednesday, April 14, 2025, in the area of Eglinton Avenue West and Erin Mills Parkway in the City of Mississauga.
Robert is transient in nature and is known to frequent shelters and hospitals in the Town of Newmarket, and cities of Mississauga...
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Investigators with the York Regional Police Homicide unit have charged a second man in the death of Ying ZHANG . An accused already in custody has had his charges upgraded to First Degree Murder.
On July 25, 2024, ZHANG ’s family reported her missing after she failed to return home from work at a wellness centre, in the area of Woodbine Avenue and Steelcase Road in the City of Markham. On July 29, 2024, her body was located in the City of Kawartha.
On July 27,...
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Investigators with the York Regional Police #2 District Criminal Investigations Bureau are appealing for witnesses after suspects set fire to a parked vehicle in the City of Vaughan.
On Saturday, April 5, 2025, shortly before 2 a.m., police responded to reports of a vehicle fire in a plaza parking lot, located near Steeles Avenue West and Yonge Street. Upon arrival, officers found the vehicle fully engulfed in flames. Once the fire was extinguished, police identified the vehicle...
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