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Toronto police say an investigation into a taxi scam involving a criminal network has led to at least 300 victims losing around half a million dollars after their debit or credit cards were discreetly swapped. “The scam involved the suspects masquerading as legitimate taxi operators,” Det. David Coffey said at a press conference on Thursday….
A major wiretap investigation has blown open a violent criminal network allegedly operating inside the Greater Toronto Area’s towing industry. Toronto police allege the criminal networks are behind a wave of shootings, arsons and violent crimes aimed at seizing control of the multi-million-dollar towing business. Police said an investigation, dubbed Project Yankee, led to the…
Toronto police say arrests have been made in connection with a mass shooting at a Scarborough pub that left 12 people injured earlier this year. Details are expected to be released at a 2 p.m. news conference Wednesday. The shooting happened around 10:30 p.m. on March 7 at Piper Arms pub near Progress Avenue and…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Toronto police say they’re looking for “multiple suspects” after one man was killed and five others were hurt in a shooting Tuesday night. Around 8:40 p.m., police said they were called to the area of Flemington Road and Zachary Court, not far south of Yorkdale Mall, for…
Three men on trial for the first-degree murder of 12-year-old Dante Andreatta, who was killed by a stray bullet while walking on Jane Street near Finch Avenue West on Nov. 7, 2020, have been found guilty. The jury also found Rashawn Chambers, Jahwayne Smart and Cjay Hobbs guilty of five counts of attempted murder in…
At the opening day of the trial for Giuseppe Zollerano charged with the first-degree murder of his wife Katherine Zollerano, jurors were told that the couple appeared to be fighting in the hours prior to the alleged hit-and-run in south Etobicoke which the crown said ultimately led to the wife’s death. The couple had been…
Graphic video footage capturing the moment Gabriel del Castillo Mullally was fatally run over by a car two years ago was shown at the trial for the man accused of his murder on Thursday. On Monday, at the opening day of Ryan Andrews’ first-degree murder trial, defence lawyer Zaire Puil told the jury Andrews admits…
Just weeks after Toronto police issued a warning about a high-risk offender they said posed a risk to the community and children, the OPP said that they are on the lookout for Simon Gares. The OPP’s ROPE Squad said that the 43-year-old man is being sought on a Canada-wide warrant as he has reportedly breached…
A Toronto man accused of killing his on-and-off-again girlfriend has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder on the eve of his trial. Kadeem Nedrick, who was about to stand trial for the first-degree murder of 30-year-old Brittany Doff in January 2022, made the surprise guilty plea to the lesser charge in a downtown Toronto courtroom Thursday….
Descrease article font size Increase article font size An inmate died in hospital a few days after being assaulted by another inmate at a correction facility in Etobicoke, Toronto police say. The force said Tuesday officers were dispatched to the Toronto South Detention Centre on March 24 at around 6 p.m. after it was reported…
