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Man apprehended in Honest Ed’s sexual assault

July 25th, 2012 · Comments Off on Man apprehended in Honest Ed’s sexual assault

An Honest Ed’s employee and an unknown second victim were sexually assaulted inside the Honest Ed’s retail store on July 22.

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Crime is down, changes abound

February 27th, 2012 · Comments Off on Crime is down, changes abound

14 DIVISION TO OPEN NEW HEADQUARTERS THIS SEPTEMBER By Perry King Toronto police’s 14 Division may have had a great 2011, but New Year’s Day was not a time for them to rest on their laurels. The New Year’s stabbing death of Mike Pimentel in Liberty Village “was only one isolated event that raised concerns […]

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Sweeping up Bellevue: Community lukewarm over month-long blitz

December 15th, 2010 · Comments Off on Sweeping up Bellevue: Community lukewarm over month-long blitz

By Perry King Out of the 68 arrests that were made in a Kensington-area drug blitz, police Sergeant Jeff Zammit remembers one arrest that bothered him. “We dealt with one guy that was trafficking, and he was with a woman and a baby in a stroller—it was his girlfriend—while he was selling,” said Zammit, who […]

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Shootings shock community: Police say recent violence mostly targeted

November 23rd, 2010 · Comments Off on Shootings shock community: Police say recent violence mostly targeted

By Perry King Investigations on three of four recent shooting incidents in the Annex area are still open, according to updates from 14 Division. At a meeting on Oct. 26, over 50 people packed into the Bickford Centre cafeteria (777 Bloor St. W.) to hear Inspector David Vickers and Detective Sergeant Brian Kelly announce that investigations for shootings […]

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