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January 19, 2012

A former public school teacher has been sentenced to 53 months in jail on three charges related to child pornography, plus three years’ probation.

Man’s death in police custody spurs inquest

January 16, 2012

A coroner’s inquest to determine how an 18-year-old Toronto resident died after being stopped by police for a minor traffic offence begins Monday.

Dead woman’s bag allegedly stolen

January 09, 2012

A Hamilton man is accused of stealing student’s purse as she lay dead on the road.

Accused webcam killer denied bail

January 06, 2012

A man accused in the so-called webcam murder of a Chinese student studying at York University has been denied bail.

Man charged in Leaside woman’s death

January 04, 2012

Theirs was a high school romance rekindled after decades apart, a handful of failed marriages and five children between them.

Accomplice killed millionaire, accused man tells court

December 09, 2011

The man accused of fatally shooting philanthropist Glen Davis admits he tooks part in the murder plot and carried a handgun in a knapsack into the underground garage where the killing took place on May 18, 2007.

Man charged in woman, 2 kids plunge

November 07, 2011

One day after a woman, a toddler and an infant plunged from the 4th floor of an apartment building, a 27-year-old man faced three counts of attempted murder.

Lawyer’s child-porn case remains a secret

November 03, 2011

An Ontario lawyer has been convicted of possessing child pornography and given permission to resign from his profession.

Imam faces sex charges

August 18, 2011

Members of a Scarborough mosque have expressed shock and disbelief that their “nice” and “humble” religious leader has been charged with a string of sexual assaults.

Predator stalking women?

August 12, 2011

Toronto police believe there is a sexual predator prowling North York, violently attacking women, often in broad daylight.

Two killed in Thornhill home

August 03, 2011

Two people are dead following a violent domestic attack in Thornhill late Monday night.

Murder charge laid in Parkdale beating

June 24, 2011

Police say they have finally cracked the case of the balaclava-clad serial attacker who has terrorized the Parkdale community since January.

‘I could not do anything’

June 21, 2011

What started as an innocent argument in a restaurant washroom ended in a bloody attack that left a 19-year-old Toronto man beaten to death with golf clubs.

Have you seen this man?

June 15, 2011

Toronto Police have released a new drawing and are offering a $50,000 reward in their search for a sexual predator whose crimes date back 18 years.

Video of murder suspects released

June 03, 2011

Police released surveillance video and photos Thursday of two murder suspects sought in last week’s shooting death of a Toronto man.

Father charged in death of boy, 10

May 31, 2011

Garfield Boothe told neighbours in Brampton that he had brought his young son to Canada from Jamaica to give him a better life.

Killer may be date from hell

May 26, 2011

Police have strong suspicions that Sonia Varaschin may have met her killer on the dating site PlentyOfFish.com, the Toronto Star says.

Hedge fund man jailed

May 26, 2011

Boaz Manor, convicted of breach of trust involving a Toronto-based hedge fund once worth $800 million, has been sentenced to four years in jail.

Alleged dog killer’s identity revealed

May 25, 2011

Durham Regional police have released the name of a man accused of shooting and killing four dogs with a rifle inside his home Sunday.

Police probe dating sites

May 24, 2011

A “new phase” of the investigation into the death of Sonia Varaschin will include a probe of dating websites she frequented before her murder.

Closing in on the con man

May 20, 2011

His name is Richard Earl Rupert. He’s well groomed, polite and charming. Police say he’s also one of the most successful predators in North America, having defrauded seniors of hundreds of thousands of dollars going back perhaps 40 years.

Teen held after stabbing

November 23, 2010

Toronto police have a 16-year-old boy in custody after a stabbing outside Riverdale Collegiate in east Toronto.

Police release description of car after Markham home invasion

November 11, 2010

York regional police have released a description of a car investigators suspect may be linked to a fatal home invasion in Markham, Ont.

Police close Bay Street to check out faked grenade threat

November 01, 2010

TORONTO - Police closed a section of Bay Street in downtown Toronto this morning after someone reported seeing what looked like a grenade next to a gas line.

Toronto subway pusher held not criminally responsible

October 25, 2010

TORONTO - The lawyer for a Toronto man accused of pushing two teenage boys in front of a Toronto subway train last year says he's relieved his client has been found not criminally responsible.

Kawartha Lakes girl, 4, assaulted, police say

October 20, 2010

A 4-year-old girl suffered serious injuries after being assaulted and left in a field in Kawartha Lakes on Monday evening.

Police charge 12 after 2004 grow-op bust

October 15, 2010

Ontario Provincial Police say a dozen people from Ontario and Quebec have been charged six years after a massive marijuana grow-op was uncovered in Barrie.

New charges for Chinatown thief

October 12, 2010

Anthony Bennett, the thief who gained notoriety after being captured by a Chinatown grocer, has been arrested yet again.

Man found shot to death in Parkdale parkette

October 04, 2010

Toronto police are asking for witnesses to come forward after a man was found shot to death this morning.

Former hospital worker faces 26 new sex charges

October 01, 2010

Twenty-six more women have come forward alleging a doctor sexually assaulted them while they were under anesthetic, and police warned Thursday there could be more victims.


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