Tag: York Regional Police

A 20-year-old man from the City of Vaughan has pleaded guilty to Unlawfully Projecting a Bright Light Source into Navigable Airspace, contrary to The Canadian Aviation Regulations, in connection with a 2015 laser strike on a police helicopter. On Monday, December 19, 2016, Nicholas CARANCI, 20, of Vaughan, pleaded guilty to Projecting a Bright Light […]

Investigators with the York Regional Police Hold-Up Unit are seeking witnesses to assist with identifying suspects following a home invasion in Richmond Hill. On Tuesday, December 20, 2016, at approximately 12 a.m., a 15-year-old victim was walking his neighbour’s dog while they were away. When he was returning to the residence with the dog, a […]

Investigators with the York Regional Police Major Fraud Unit have arrested nine people and laid 42 charges in connection to a criminal organization responsible for defrauding, businesses, banks and private investors of more than $30 million dollars. In November 2014, York Regional Police commenced an investigation into the accused John SIMMONDS and his company AC […]

Three men have been found guilty of several offences in connection with a juvenile human trafficking investigation. A jury found Jerimiah WASHINGTON, 25, from the City of Brampton, guilty of Trafficking a Person Under 18 Years Old, Procuring and Sexual Interference. On December 12, 2016, his Honour Judge Hugh O’Connell of the Superior Court of […]

Investigators with the York Regional Police Hold-Up Unit are seeking witnesses to assist with identifying suspects following a home invasion in the City of Markham. On Wednesday, December 14, 2016, at approximately 9:45 p.m., York Regional Police were called to a residence in the area of Kennedy Road and Steeles Avenue East for reports of […]

Investigators with the York Regional Police #2 District Criminal Investigations Bureau have charged one man following a fight that occurred at a high school in Richmond Hill. On Friday, December 2, 2016, at shortly before 3 p.m., police were called to St. Theresa Lisieux Catholic High School, which is located in the area of Shaftsbury […]

The York Regional Police Homicide Unit is investigating and seeking witnesses after a body was found in the City of Vaughan. On Thursday, December 1, 2016, at approximately 3:30 p.m., York Regional Police responded to the area of Howland Drive and Nashville Road, west of Highway 27 and located the body of a deceased female. […]

Investigators with the York Regional Police #2 District Criminal Investigations Bureau are seeking suspects after a 23-year-old man was shot in the Town of Richmond Hill. On Wednesday, November 30, 2016, at approximately 12:30 a.m., police attended King William Crescent, which is in the area of Red Maple Road and Bantry Avenue for sounds of […]

Uniformed patrol officers at York Regional Police #4 District are seeking witnesses following a pedestrian fail-to-remain collision in the City of Vaughan, where a 16-year-old girl was seriously injured. On Tuesday, November 29, 2016, at 6:50 a.m., York Regional Police received a 9-1-1 call advising that a pedestrian had been struck in the area of […]

Over this past weekend, 20 motorists were charged with impaired-related offences, with one of those drivers having driven around road-closed barriers at the Aurora Santa Claus parade. Between Friday, November 25 and Sunday, November 27, 2016, 17 men and three women were charged with alcohol-related driving offences, including three that resulted from motor vehicle collisions, […]