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Pair busted in Clarington on fraud charges
Mar 19, 2010 - 11:11 AM

DURHAM -- Two Toronto men face several charges after an alert Durham Regional Police officer pulled over a car for a routine traffic matter. On...

Police seek four teens following Courtice fire
Mar 18, 2010 - 03:49 PM

COURTICE -- Durham Regional Police are looking for four youths, two boys and two girls, following a suspicious fire that destroyed an abandoned house...

‘One of the largest’ indoor grow-ops busted in Uxbridge
By Jeff Hayward - Mar 18, 2010 - 02:17 PM

UXBRIDGE -- Two Toronto men have been arrested following the discovery of what police are calling one of the largest indoor grow-ops Durham has ever...

Police seek culprits in Ajax graffiti spree
Mar 16, 2010 - 04:16 PM

AJAX -- Police are looking for the people behind a graffiti spree that included racially and sexually offensive words and drawings in several...

Fire from small explosive device shuts down Ritson Road in Oshawa
By Melissa Mancini - Mar 16, 2010 - 03:53 PM

OSHAWA -- A small explosive device caused a home fire, closing Ritson Road for more than three hours on Tuesday. Durham Regional Police Services (DRPS...

Former church youth counsellor charged with sexual assault
Mar 15, 2010 - 05:06 PM

WHITBY -- A former youth counsellor at a Whitby church has been charged with the sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl.

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Man assaulted in Tim Hortons drive-through
Mar 15, 2010 - 02:26 PM

AJAX -- Three people were arrested after allegedly assaulting a man who took too long ordering at a Tim Hortons drive-through in Ajax on Saturday...

Uxbridge pub sets up trust fund for children of murdered waitress
By Sandra Bolan - Mar 12, 2010 - 04:33 PM

UXBRIDGE -- An Uxbridge restaurant has set up a trust fund for the children of one of its waitresses, found murdered in her York Region home last...

Durham police officer avoids jail on assault conviction
By Jeff Mitchell - Mar 12, 2010 - 04:30 AM

OSHAWA -- A Durham cop convicted of assaulting a prisoner in his custody has avoided jail time, but still faces charges under the Police Services Act...

Suspects sought in mugging of Whitby boy
Mar 11, 2010 - 01:20 PM

WHITBY -- Police are attempting to identify two suspects in the assault and robbery of a teenager in Whitby. The 13-year-old was walking home from...

Ajax men among suspects in massive child porn bust
Mar 10, 2010 - 03:17 PM

DURHAM -- Two Ajax men are among 35 suspects caught up in a province-wide sweep targeting child pornography. The local men are facing charges...

Court upholds prison term for Oshawa sex offender
By Jeff Mitchell - Mar 10, 2010 - 03:17 PM

DURHAM -- Ontario's top court has upheld the conviction and sentence of an Oshawa man who faces deportation for multiple sex assaults on vulnerable...

Ajax residents among six busted in fraud ring
By Jeff Mitchell - Mar 10, 2010 - 11:23 AM

DURHAM -- Three Ajax residents are among six suspects arrested in connection with what police allege was a highly-organized identity theft ring that...

'Homemade' explosive destroys Uxbridge mailbox

UXBRIDGE -- Police are appealing to the public after an Uxbridge resident's mailbox was heavily...

Downtown Oshawa crackdown sees 27 arrested

OSHAWA -- An ongoing effort to crack down on drug dealing and petty crime in downtown Oshawa has...

Port Perry murder suspect led 'a quiet life'

PORT PERRY -- Two days before a man was fatally shot in her basement last week, Jocelyn Kinloch had...

Man brandishing pistol arrested at gunpoint in Oshawa

OSHAWA -- Police responding to reports of an armed man in Oshawa Monday afternoon arrested a suspect...

Suspect in Port Perry shootings remains in custody

OSHAWA -- A Port Perry man charged in a fatal shooting remains in custody following a brief court...

Boy, 13, among Pickering home invasion suspects

PICKERING -- Two teens -- one of them 13 -- have been charged with an armed home invasion robbery at...