Media Releases

Investigators with the York Regional Police Hold-Up Unit have charged a suspect in connection with four bank robbery investigations.
On Monday, March 9, 2026, at approximately 11:40 a.m., police responded to an attempted robbery at a bank in the area of Highway 7 and Birchmount Road in the City of Markham. Officers learned that a male suspect entered the bank and handed a teller a note demanding money and indicating that it was a robbery. The suspect fled on foot empty-handed.
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Investigators with the York Regional Police #4 District Criminal Investigations Bureau are seeking to identify a suspect and are appealing for witnesses following an assault in the City of Vaughan.
On Wednesday, April 22, 2026, just before 5:30 p.m., police responded to a report of an assault in the area of Tami Court and Bathurst Street. While walking on a forested pathway which connects Lady Nadia Drive and Rivermill Crescent, a youth was assaulted by an unknown male suspect.
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Investigators with the York Regional Police #4 District Criminal Investigations Bureau are seeking a lone suspect following an overnight arson at a car dealership in the City of Vaughan.
On Wednesday, April 22, 2026, at approximately 1:40 a.m., officers were patrolling in the area of Chrislea Road and Jevlan Drive, when they observed several vehicles on fire in a car dealership parking lot. Vaughan Fire and Rescue Service attended soon after and extinguished the flames.
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Investigators with the York Regional Police Counter Exploitation Unit have charged a suspect in connection with a human trafficking investigation.
In October 2025, the victim reported to police they had been sexually assaulted, trafficked and exploited in the sex trade from 2012 to 2019. These offences were committed at various locations in the City of Vaughan and across Ontario.
The suspect is known to have several aliases and investigators are releasing his photo as...
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Investigators with the York Regional Police # 2 District Criminal Investigations Unit are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a suspect following an assault on a youth in the City of Markham.
On Monday, April 13, 2026, officers received a report that at approximately 7:20 a.m., in the area of Yonge Street and Royal Orchard Boulevard, an adult male had approached a female youth on a York Region Transit bus and assaulted her.
The victim was not physically...
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