Ontario Crime

• Burlington couple behind $265K Taylor Swift ticket scam to likely avoid jail

  A Burlington couple who defrauded more than a hundred people out of $265,000 by selling them Taylor Swift concert tickets faced some of their victims in a Milton courtroom Tuesday.

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• Homicide unit investigating after disturbance in North York apartment leaves 1 dead

  Officers were called to the area of Lawrence Avenue West and William R. Allen Road around 8:20 a.m. Sunday, police said in a post on social media.

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  Oct 4
  
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• Toronto man guilty in rash of home invasions, vehicle thefts over 2 weeks in 2023

  Following a week-long trial last month, Superior Court Justice Gillian Roberts convicted Bilal Abdelmouniim Friday on all 23-counts he was charged with.

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  Oct 2
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• ‘Disturbing’: Belleville, Ont., synagogue receives antisemitic flyers after shooting

  Norman Weddum said he woke up Thursday morning to find flyers blaming Jewish people "for everything under the sun" had been distributed overnight to the Sons of Jacob synagogue.

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  Oct 2
• Risk of info leaked ‘low’ after cyberattack against force: Kingston police

  The breach, which happened when a hacker used “compromised account credentials” to access internal systems, led to the extraction of approximately 160 GB of data, police said.

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  Oct 2
• Ontario police officer charged after woman pepper sprayed following arrest

  A 33-year-old woman was arrested shortly before 2 a.m. on April 29. According to police, Const. Brandon Mihalides used pepper spray following the arrest.

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  Oct 2
• Fraud scheme linked to more than $100K in unpaid Highway 407 tolls: Peel police

  Four people have been charged in an alleged fraud scheme that Peel regional police say has been linked to more than $100,000 in unpaid Highway 407 ETR tolls.

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  Oct 1
• Ontario attempted murder suspect arrested 3 years later in Manitoba

  Police said its investigation dates to Feb. 3, 2022, when officers responded to a shooting near Queen Street East and Rutherford Road in Brampton.

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  Oct 1
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• Two former employees accused of defrauding Ajax soccer club of $650K: police

  Police in Durham region say they began the fraud investigation in December 2024 after receiving reports about irregularities in the club's banking transactions. 

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  Oct 1
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• Distraction thefts spiking in Peel, police say after woman robbed of $19K in jewelry

  Peel Regional Police say distraction thefts are spiking in the region, citing a recent case involving a woman being robbed of $19,000 in jewelry as an example.

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  Sep 30