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York Regional Police is warning residents about an emerging scam impacting our community and others across the Greater Toronto Area involving the sextortion of innocent victims.
Investigators with our Criminal Investigations Bureaus across the region have seen an increase in reports of scams where victims have reported receiving an email from an unknown suspect claiming that they have full control of their computer and cellphone and have compromising images or videos of the...
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Investigators with the York Regional Police Financial Crimes Unit have charged one man in connection with a grandparent scam and are seeking public assistance in identifying his accomplice.
The investigation began in July 2024, after the victim reported he had received calls from someone pretending to be a police officer who indicated that his grandson had been arrested for drugs and needed money for bail. The victim complied and the suspect sent a courier to collect $6,000...
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Investigators with the York Regional Police Homicide Unit have charged a suspect in connection with a homicide investigation in the City of Richmond Hill.  
On Saturday, September 21, 2024 at 8:25 a.m., police responded to a check-welfare call at a residence in the area of Gracedale Drive and Shaftsbury Avenue. When officers arrived on scene, they located 60-year-old Xiaomei WANG deceased inside the home.
Following a search, police located and arrested the...
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York Regional Police is proud to open a new substation to serve the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre (VMC) community, anticipated to reach a population of 90,000 in the coming years. The substation opened today, Monday, September 23, 2024.
Located at 100 New Park Place, in the area of Highways 7 and 400, the new 4,800-square-foot substation is a bright office space where members of the community can interact with police officers, file reports, receive crime prevention information...
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Investigators with the York Regional Police Special Victims Unit are appealing for additional victims after a massage therapist was charged in relation to several sexual assaults at clinics throughout York Region.
On September 11, 2024, following media coverage, a second victim reported they had been sexually assaulted during visits to a clinic in the City of Richmond Hill that occurred in August 2024.
On Thursday, August 19, 2024, a victim reported they had been sexually...
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