Beach residents were shocked and saddened to learn that James and Linda Lee, the owners of Swanwick Food Fair were assaulted and robbed at gunpoint on the evening of November 9. According to the Toronto Police, two masked men stormed into the Food Fair, located on the corner of Swanwick Avenue and Pickering Street, attacking […]
Five teenage boys were arrested this week after two muggings in the Beach and Leslieville. Police allege that a large group of boys threatened another two boys near Lyall Avenue and Hannaford Street at about 4:35 p.m. on Monday, June 1. A fight started, and one of the two victims was stabbed before the group […]
A Toronto man arrested by Montreal police for first-degree murder after his mother was found dead in her home near Danforth and Woodbine Avenues is in custody in Toronto. Police arrested 25-year-old Justin Scott in a west-end neighbourhood of Montreal on Thursday, June 4. Toronto homicide officers transported Scott back to Toronto on Tuesday, June […]
Local police have arrested a man wanted for breaking into a Danforth Avenue store this December. Sean Duck, 34, was named as a break-in suspect on Jan. 28 as part of 55 Division’s ‘Wanted Wednesday’ program. He has since been arrested. Police allege that Duck broke into the store through a window on Dec. 14 to […]
Bhesham Surooj, 25, was the final alleged criminal to be featured in 55 Division’s ‘Wanted Wednesday’ initiative in 2014. Police allege that Surooj broke into a building on Danforth Avenue last November, breaking both the law and the conditions of his parole, the result of an earlier break and enter conviction. He is wanted on […]
A 71 year-old man has been arrested as the result of a historical sexual assault investigation. The multi-jurisdictional case resulted in allegations that between 1977 and 1983, a 12 year-old boy was sexually assaulted by a staff member of the Sagamore Farm group home in Parham, Ontario. Police allege other incidents happened during the same […]
Police are looking for anyone with information to step forward after a murder on Walpole Avenue, between Coxwell and Greenwood just south of the rail line. At about 8:50 p.m. on May 24 officers responded to a call and found a man with apparent gunshot wounds. Douglas Parker, 20, of Toronto, was pronounced dead at […]
• Several computer store employees escaped a robbery attempt on the morning of May 9. Shortly after 11 a.m., three males wearing disguises entered the Queen Street East and Balsam Road store. The owner and employees managed to escape and phone police, while the suspects fled the scene empty-handed in a four-door orange sedan. The […]
A second arrest has been made in a kidnapping and assault case from late last year. In December, a woman allegedly escaped after being confined and beaten for four days near Lawrence Avenue East and Kingston Road. She was then taken to another apartment near Danforth and Kingston, but when her kidnappers drove her to […]
