By Alex Arsenych

July 01, 2026

Police have charged a man in connection with an “unprovoked” daytime assaultthat happened over the weekend in Toronto’s east end.

The incident happened on Sunday afternoon, at around 12:45 p.m., in the area of Danforth Avenue and Main Street, near Main Street Station.

Toronto police say the suspect approached the victim from behind and stabbed them in the back before fleeing the scene.

Paramedics previously told CP24 that they transported an adult male to a trauma centre with serious, but non-life-threatening, injuries.

Officials did not say if they were known to each other. 

On Tuesday, police arrested 29-year-old Nathan Grant, of Toronto. Grant has been charged with assault with a weapon, and assault cause bodily harm.

The charges have not been tested in court.

With files from CP24’s Joanna Lavoie

https://www.cp24.com/local/toronto/2026/07/01/man-charged-in-connection-with-daytime-stabbing-in-torontos-east-end/

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By Michael Talbot

A Niagara man is facing charges after police allege he assaulted and threatened someone known to him in East York last Wednesday.

Officers were called about an assault in the Dawes Road and Victoria Park Avenue area on June 17.

Investigators say the suspect, identified as Jonathan Laranjeira, 37, assaulted and threatened the person.

The victim wasn’t injured. Investigators say the suspect and victim knew each other, but didn’t elaborate on the nature of their relationship.

Laranjeira was located the next day in Niagara by Niagara Regional Police officers.

He’s since been charged with assault and two counts of uttering threats cause death/bodily harm.

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2026/06/25/niagara-man-arrested-in-east-york-assault-investigation/

By Glenn Hendry

A human trafficking investigation into a woman being recruited into the sex trade has landed a Pickering man behind bars, with police in Durham Region concerned there may be more victims.

The DRPS Human Trafficking Unit began an investigation earlier this year after it was reported that a woman was being trafficked in the sex trade.

Further investigation revealed the suspect is alleged to have facilitated the victim’s work in the sex trade, assaulted her, and controlled her finances.

Investigators wrapped up their investigation on Thursday and took Jameel Winston Snipe-Daring into custody.

Snipe-Daring, 28, is charged with trafficking in persons, trafficking in persons by exercising control, procuring, financial benefit for a person over 18 and assault.

He was held for a bail hearing.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the Human Trafficking Unit at 1-888-579-1520 ext. 5600.

A support network for survivors of human trafficking has been established in the Region of Durham. These services can be accessed via www.stopht.com. Victim Services of Durham Region is available for anyone who needs free, confidential support without judgment. Visit their website at www.victimservicesdurham.ca.

Anonymous information can be sent to Durham Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or online at www.durhamregionalcrimestoppers.ca and tipsters may be eligible for a cash reward.

https://www.insauga.com/pickering-man-charged-in-human-trafficking-investigation/

By Michael Talbot

Toronto police have charged a 75-year-old Toronto man after he allegedly sexually assaulted someone while they rode in an elevator over a decade ago.

Investigators say the alleged incident occurred in an elevator at a building in the Sackville and Dundas streets area in September, 2015.

Police were made aware of the alleged incident on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, and launched an investigation.

As a result of that probe, Gebrehiwot Tesfamariam has been charged with a single count of sexual assault.

The charge has not been tested in court. 

“Investigators believe there may be more victims,” a Toronto Police release states.

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2026/06/30/man-75-charged-in-alleged-2015-elevator-sexual-assault-toronto-police/

An individual reported being sexually assaulted on three occasions between 1997 and 1999, York Regional Police say

Alex Hunt

 73-year-old man from Chatham-Kent has been charged in a historical sexual assault investigation involving a minor.

York Regional Police began investigating in June after an individual reported being sexually assaulted on three occasions between 1997 and 1999. The victim was under the age of 16 at the time of the alleged offences, a news release said.

Michael Geniole, 73, is charged with three counts of sexual assault and three counts of sexual interference.

Investigators have released a photograph of the accused as they said there may be additional victims.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the York Regional Police special victims unit at 1-866-876-5423, ext. 7071, or anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS or online at 1800222tips.com.

https://www.newmarkettoday.ca/police-beat/man-73-charged-in-historical-sexual-assault-of-minor-in-york-region-12492434

The family of an Indigenous boy who was killed by two Burlington, Ont., women while in their care delivered agonizing victim impact statements in a tense courtroom Friday before a judge sentenced the couple to life in prison.

Becky Hamber and Brandy Cooney were found guilty in early May of first-degree murder in the death of a 12-year-old boy, and of unlawful confinement, assault with a weapon and failure to provide the necessaries of life regarding his younger sibling.

The couple, clad in long-sleeved green shirts, sat at opposite ends of the prisoner’s box, their expressions largely hidden behind blue medical masks as the judge handed down the mandatory sentence for first-degree murder with no chance of parole for 25 years.

The boys’ mother told the Milton, Ont., court that her son’s death has been “the darkest night” of her soul and the family’s lives will forever be divided before and after his murder.

Hamber and Cooney took in the two boys, who cannot be identified under a publication ban, in the fall of 2017 and sought to adopt them.

Five years later, the older boy — by then so thin that first responders questioned his age — died in the basement of their home. His brother was taken away by child welfare services and later testified at the women’s trial, describing years of abuse both siblings endured at the couple’s hands.

The boy testified at the couple’s trial that he was locked in his room for long stretches of time and denied food at times for days, court documents show. He told the court he was forced to wear a wetsuit that was fastened to his feet with zip ties, leaving him with deep cuts on his feet.

In his written ruling, Ontario Superior Court Justice Clayton Conlan said Hamber and Cooney hated and resented the children for “having come into their lives and not having turned out to be what was expected.”

The boys’ mother, who also cannot be identified, said the loss of her resilient, intelligent son who adored reading and food “follows me into every moment of my life.”

“There is an empty place in our family that can never be filled,” she told the court on Friday. “Every birthday, holiday, family gathering and ordinary day serves as a reminder that (my son) should be with us.”

The murdered boy’s brother is now traumatized and confused “at an age when children should feel safe and protected,” she said.

He also delivered a victim impact statement, telling the court that he has endured anxious, sleepless nights, and watching recordings of the torture inflicted on the boys during the couple’s trial made him “very sad and angry.”

Never again will he play baseball with his brother, he said.

“I won’t be able to see him, and I won’t be able to talk to him again,” he said. “Living with Becky and Brandy, I did not like it, and it should have never happened.”

In a statement read out by the Crown, the boys’ grandmother said she and their former foster mom had grown increasingly worried the boys would be killed and warned the Children’s Aid Society to no avail.

“No matter how many times I tried to tell that to the CAS workers, my grandson stayed with those monsters,” she said.

“It was agonizing, seeing his tiny body in this child-sized coffin. It was unrecognizable, and no way did it look like the 12-year-old he was,” the boys’ grandmother added.

“They had to pad his little body with newspaper because he was just skin and bones.”

One by one, members of the boys’ school, Indigenous and neighbourhood communities addressed court, often choking back tears as they described the kind, energetic young boys who became increasingly isolated and withdrawn.

Court heard that first responders, teachers and Indigenous community workers are traumatized by the boy’s murder and some have gone on medical leave or left their professions entirely.

The women’s lawyers had argued at trial that their clients had no intention of hurting the children, who they said had significant behavioural issues.

The women defended their behaviour when it was their turn to speak on Friday, claiming they were good foster moms who were wrongfully convicted.

But the judge said their “moral blameworthiness” is “as high as could possibly be imagined,” as their lengthy abuse of the children extinguished a young life.

Florence Hiltz, an Indigenous elder in Ottawa where the boys once lived, said the “brutal and horrific” end to the boy’s short life has left the community terrified.

“We fear for every child and youth that is brought out of our communities where we must trust in a system that is supposed to be designed to protect children,” she said.

Hiltz said a computer game that she loved playing with the boy is still sitting at a level they couldn’t beat together, forever untouched.

Hiltz still sees the boy in the world around her, in the light cascading through a stained-glass window at his funeral — lighting up his casket and service — and in the eagles outside the courtroom the morning of the sentencing hearing.

“It’s with that light and that love and that energy that we continue to make crucial changes to our system for our most vulnerable,” Hiltz said. “We must do better.”

Before Hamber and Cooney were led away in handcuffs, the judge said that although the case is over, the murdered boy will never be forgotten — and his brother’s life is just beginning.

The boy’s mother said she hopes her son is remembered not for how he died but for how he lived: “He was a warrior.”

“It was the greatest honour of my life to grow you and bring your shining light to this world,” she added, her voice catching.

“All I gave you was a name, and you gave me the world.”

https://globalnews.ca/news/11951594/ont-boy-dead/

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https://www.reddit.com/r/CrimeInTheGta/comments/1ofkrn0/couples_use_of_zip_ties_on_boys_wasnt_enough_to/

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By Bryann Aguilar
A 25-year-old man is facing charges in connection with the robbery of a sex worker in Markham last month.

York Regional Police said the man who was on house arrest attended a residence near McCowan Road and Bur Oak Avenue on June 16 allegedly to try obtaining sexual services.

“Once alone with the victim, he demanded cash and threatened the victim with a knife,” police alleged.

Officers arrived and arrested the suspect inside the residence.

In a news release on Friday, they identified the suspect as Yousif Babiker. He has been charged with armed robbery, obtaining sexual services for consideration and two counts of failure to comply with a judicial order.

In addition to being on house arrest, Babiker was also prohibited from possessing any weapons at the time of the incident.

Police believe there may be additional victims and are asking anyone with information to contact them or Crime Stoppers anonymously.

https://www.cp24.com/local/york/2026/07/03/man-allegedly-fled-house-arrest-and-tried-to-rob-sex-worker-in-markham/

Previous Yousif Babiker Arrests:

Mississauga man charged in violent home invasion robbery in Regent Park

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2023/06/01/mississauga-man-home-invasion-robbery-toronto/

By Jermaine Wilson

A man has been injured in an overnight shooting outside a business in Vaughan. 

In a post to social media, York regional police say officers responded at around 2 a.m. near Steeles Avenue West and Scholes Road. 

Police say one person was found with serious but non-life-threatening injuries and was brought to hospital. 

Speaking to CP24 at the scene, Staff Sgt. Peter Chung identified the victim as an “employee of the establishment” adding that the shooting stemmed from a prior “dispute.” 

Police also add that the suspect fled the area before they arrived.

Residents are asked to please avoid the area while officers continue to canvas he area. Police say that there is no immediate threat to public safety.

Anyone with information is asked to come forward.

https://www.cp24.com/local/york/2026/07/05/vaughan-shooting-leaves-man-seriously-injured-outside-business/

Unit: 52 Division

Case #: 2026-1368281

Published: Saturday, July 4, 2026, 9:33 AM

The Toronto Police Service is updating the public about an arrest made in a Sexual Assault investigation.

On Thursday, July 2, 2026, at approximately 12:56 p.m., police responded to a call for a sexual assault in the Downtown Toronto area.

It is alleged that:

• the accused sexually assaulted multiple adult female victims between the hours of 8 a.m., and 12 p.m. while on public transit in the downtown core
• all victims are strangers to the accused
• the victims did not sustain any physical injuries
• the accused obstructed police while performing their duties

As a result of the investigation, the accused was arrested and charged.

Ashraful Alam, 30, of Toronto, was charged with:

1. five counts of Sexual Assault
2. Obstruct Peace Officer

He was scheduled to appear in court at the Toronto Regional Bail Centre, 2201 Finch Avenue West, on Friday, July 3, 2026, at 9:30 a.m., in room 301.

He is described as 5’7” to 5’10”, medium build with black shaggy hair and a black beard. He was wearing a dark long sleeve shirt, beige shorts, and dark Birkenstock style sandals.

Investigators believe there may be more victims. Police are appealing for additional victims or witnesses to come forward. 

Images of the accused have been released.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-5200, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), or at www.222tips.com.

A sexual assault is any form of unwanted sexual contact. It includes, but is not limited to, kissing, grabbing, oral sex and penetration. To learn more about sexual assault, including how to report a sexual assault or get support in the community, please visit YourChoice.to.

Corporate Communications for 52 Division

https://www.tps.ca/media-centre/news-releases/66352/

The allegations — only a fraction of which can be reported — are contained in a search warrant application filed in the sprawling Project South corruption investigation.

By Abby O’Brien Staff Reporter, Brendan Kennedy Investigative Reporter, and Jennifer Pagliaro Crime Reporter

New court documents detail an explosive link between “horrendous” allegations of corruption inside the Toronto Police Service and the alleged cross-border drug empire of ex-Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding.

The documents detail not only how investigators believed that suspected Wedding drug-runner Gurpeet Singhpotentially directed the attempted murder plot against a Toronto jail official, but also how he was allegedly assisted by a supervisor at the jail with whom police said he had had a prior romantic relationship.

The stunning allegations are contained in a document known as an “information-to-obtain” or ITO, filed in court in January by police as part of an application to conduct the sweeping raids related to the Project South investigation.

Only a fraction of the ITO can be reported. Most of the document, which spans more than 500 pages, remains under an extensive publication ban that the Star and other media outlets are contesting in court, arguing the information is in the public interest.

On Friday, Superior Court Justice Laura Bird said she would reserve her decision on the ban to a later date. 

“To be clear, the allegations against these defendants, particularly the police officers, are horrendous,” Bird said. “There’s no question about the seriousness of the alleged conduct, and the public should be absolutely outraged if even a percentage of what is alleged is true.”

The ITO reflects what investigators believed about their targets at the time it was filed. None of the allegations have been proven or tested in court.

Singh was an inmate inside the Toronto South Detention Centre last June, when three masked gunmen stormed the home of the jail official in an apparent contracted hit. 

In the days following the botched assassination attempt, the newly released documents show how investigators homed in on Singh as an inmate with a potential motive.

They allege in the documents that Singh “may have directed” the hit on the jail official, using connections both inside and outside of the jail. (The official cannot be identified due to a publication ban).

Project South eventually grew to encompass shocking allegations of corruption inside the Toronto Police Service. To date, the investigation has resulted in the arrests of 28 people, including seven active Toronto officers and one retired constable.

Singh, however, is not among them. He remains in jail awaiting extradition to the U.S. on drug charges. He’s accused of deploying couriers to move massive amounts of cocaine for Wedding, the ex-Canadian Olympian and alleged head of an international cocaine empire. Singh has not been charged in relation to the attempted murder.

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Singh’s lawyer, Brian Greenspan, emphasized this fact in an email to the Star. 

“Your proposed standard cautionary note that the allegations in the (ITO) have not ‘been tested in court’ is grossly insufficient and misleading as Mr. Singh has not been charged with any offence months after the execution of the warrants,” Greenspan wrote. “There is nothing to test and no court to test it.”

The plot to kill a Toronto South jail official

In the newly released document, investigators allege that Nishwant Dosanjh, a corporal at the Toronto South — and, according to police, Singh’s former romantic partner — photographed the licence plate of the jail official targeted in the attempted murder.

The ITO says she then provided that photo to Singh, and the photo was then disseminated through Singh’s “associates,” and ultimately to veteran Toronto Const. Timothy Barnhardt. The documents allege Barnhardt then illegally searched the licence plate to obtain the jail official’s address, which was then circulated within an alleged criminal network.

Three masked gunmen were arrested outside the jail official’s home in a dramatic takedown by York Regional Police officers on June 20, 2025. 

Barnhardt was arrested in February and remains in custody.

Dosanjh has been the subject of search warrants and wiretaps, but, like Singh, has not been charged in relation to the attempted murder.

Her lawyer, Kim Schofield, said in a statement that Dosanjh “denies any allegations of criminal or professional misconduct and adamantly maintains her complete innocence.”

Schofield said Dosanjh was identified as a “person of interest” by investigators and she has “co-operated fully” with police, including by giving them “unfettered” access to her seized phone.

“Ms. Dosanjh has not been charged criminally, and there is no indication criminal charges will ever be laid.” 

Investigators zero in on inmate Gurpeet Singh

Police obtained a wiretap on Singh’s jailhouse communications soon after he was identified by the targeted official as one of three inmates who had “known hostility” toward him because of “disciplinary or enforcement actions” within the jail. 

The official was known for his strict enforcement against contraband in the jail, particularly drugs. 

In the ITO, police alleged that Dosanjh arranged her schedule to ensure she worked on Singh’s range as much as possible, spending “extraordinarily long periods” in his company, “often in private.”

“Singh appears to exercise a degree of influence if not power over Dosanjh, which is anomalous given their roles.”

The Ministry of the Solicitor General, which oversees Ontario’s jails, declined to answer all of the Star’s questions for this story.

Investigators also tapped Dosanjh’s phone and installed a recording device in her vehicle.

Dosanjh “expressed animosity” toward the jail official because she believed he was targeting her for “suspected corruption,” investigators alleged in the ITO.

In her statement to the Star, Schofield, Dosanjh’s lawyer, said Dosanjh has been on paid leave since February, “while an investigation is conducted into allegations made by Ms. Dosanjh against another staff member.”

Police also alleged that Singh’s current “intimate partner,” restaurateur Joanne Kopty, acted as an “external facilitator,” including by relaying messages for Singh while he was behind bars. Kopty, like both Singh and Dosanjh, has not been charged. 

“If police had grounds to charge her based on the results of their investigation, they would have,” said Sid Freeman, Kopty’s lawyer, in a statement to the Star.

A new link to an alleged guns-for-hire network

The ITO also outlines new allegations against Barnhardt, the officer whose alleged corruption is at the centre of the Project South case. 

Barnhardt is facing charges that he routinely ran searches of secure police databases to sell personal information to organized criminals. 

The ITO includes a new allegation that Barnhardt’s searches ended up in the hands of a network of young guns-for-hire. That allegation, one of the few new claims against Barnhardt that are not under publication ban, offers a link between the Project South case and what has become a worrying trend in Toronto-area crime. 

Among those listed in the ITO as a part of the alleged conspiracy to shoot the jail official is Keajean Doman, who is facing more than two dozen charges.

The ITO also alleges that Doman carried out another shooting at a home in Vaughan in September three days after Barnhardt pulled the address from police databases. 

After the Vaughan shooting, Doman was subsequently charged with six other shootings.

The ITO describes Doman communicating with others about, among other things “assembling a team for a job and firearms.” However, the vast majority of those text exchanges remain under publication ban. 

At Friday’s court hearing, the Crown said the case is about organized crime groups who order gun violence, the people they recruit to carry it out, and the “corrupt sources” they go to for information. 

“We will defend these allegations in a courtroom where facts — not headlines — decide the outcome,” one of Barnhardt’s lawyers, Jason Dos Santos, told the Star in an email. 

Star, media fight to unseal search warrant records

After York and Toronto’s police chiefs made the stunning announcement in February about the unprecedented allegations of corruption within the Toronto service, the Star and other media requested access to information about the search warrants York investigators had executed as part of Project South.

Earlier this year, the Crown applied to have parts of that document barred from publication, arguing it could impact the charged individuals’ fair trial rights, among other reasons.

Until late Thursday, the Star was preparing to publish a trove of information that was apparently not subject to the Crown’s initial publication ban request. 

However, just hours ahead of the Friday hearing, the Crown filed a corrected request, restricting most of the document from publication for the time being.

The lawyer for the Star and other media was in court Friday arguing the information is in the public interest and should not be subject to a ban.

Superior Court Justice Laura Bird said she would make a decision at a later, undetermined date.

“I don’t think there’s any dispute about the level of the concern the public ought to have in relation to these allegations,” Bird said during the hearing. 

“Quite frankly, they’re shocking and the public does need to know … It’s simply a matter of timing.”

With files from Calvi Leon

https://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/new-documents-link-horrendous-toronto-police-corruption-allegations-to-ryan-wedding-cocaine-case/article_bf8bac39-69e1-4993-b5a9-a7b3c1f9ca27.html

By Alex Arsenych

A man is facing multiple charges for theft after allegedly stealing from various Home Depots in Bowmanville and Oshawa for months.

Durham Regional Police say their investigators determined the thefts took place between October 2025 and April 2026. 

Investigators allege the same suspect committed 16 separate thefts, resulting in a total loss of more than $5,800. 

Police did not disclose what items were reported stolen. 

In a news release issued on Friday, police say they arrested 31-year-old Julian Nicholas Phillips from Clarington, Ont. Phillips has been charged with 16 counts of theft.

The charges have not been tested in court. 

Police are asking anyone with information to contact them or Crime Stoppers anonymously.

https://www.cp24.com/local/durham/2026/07/03/man-charged-after-allegedly-robbing-multiple-home-depot-stores-in-durham-region/

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By Codi Wilson
Nearly $1 million in stolen goods has been recovered after a suspect allegedly broke into a Holt Renfrew at a Mississauga, Ont., mall and took a significant amount of “high-end” items, Peel Regional Police say. 

Speaking at a news conference at Square One Shopping Centre on Friday morning, police said the investigation began in April.

Det. Joseph Cardi said officers were notified of a break-in at the luxury department store at Square One in the early morning hours of April 30. 

“Our investigation determined that the suspect gained access and forced entry into a retail store, stealing a large quantity of high-end merchandise,” Cardi told reporters on Friday morning. 

The suspect then fled the area after stealing an unoccupied vehicle that had been left running nearby. The vehicle was located by patrol officers the next day, police said. 

After an “extensive” canvas for video surveillance footage, officers were able to identify a suspect, Cardi said. 

A search warrant was executed at the suspect’s home and officers recovered nearly $1 million worth of jewelry, lottery tickets, and other goods. 

The suspect, identified as 41-year-old Mississauga resident Amir Nikbakht, was arrested and charged in connection with the “large-scale retail theft probe.” 

He faces multiple charges, including disguise with intent, theft of a motor-vehicle, and breach of probation. 

‘Highly mobile and organized’

Deputy Chief Marc Andrews said organized retail theft has become “endemic in our communities.” 

He noted that Peel police have been making a concerted effort to curb this type of crime with the launch of the 11 Division Break and Enter Auto and Retail Organized Crime Unit, also known as BEAR, last September. 

He added that while the number of thefts has remained constant over the past 12 months, arrests and charges have increased by 30 per cent. 

“Organized retail crime is not low-level theft,” he said. 

Rui Rodrigues, of Retail Council of Canada, said retail theft has become “increasingly violent” across Canada. 

“Highly mobile and organized groups (are) targeting multiple jurisdictions, taking advantage of the lack of our organization. Stolen goods that are being funneled into illicit marketplaces,” Rodrigues said. 

“This is not a retail issue. It is a public safety issue.”

https://www.cp24.com/local/peel/2026/07/03/nearly-1m-in-stolen-property-recovered-after-suspect-caught-breaking-into-holt-renfrew-in-mississauga-police/

By Joshua McGinnis

Durham Regional Police are searching for a masked suspect wanted in connection with an LCBO theft in Scugog, Ont. last month.

Police allege the suspect entered the LCBO at 1535 Highway 7A in Scugog on June 19. The suspect allegedly filled a wagon with numerous bottles of alcohol before fleeing the store.

The suspect was captured on surveillance video inside the LCBO. 

In a news release issued Friday, police said the suspect was last seen wearing a blue mask, a red hooded sweatshirt, grey-green gardening gloves, black pants and black shoes.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Durham Regional Police.

https://www.cp24.com/news/2026/07/03/police-searching-for-masked-suspect-wanted-in-lcbo-theft/

Mohammed Al-Lami is believed to have killed his two sons in south Ottawa, police say

Kristy Nease · CBC News

WARNING: This story contains details of intimate partner violence.

Police have identified the man who is believed to have killed his seven- and 12-year-old sons in his south Ottawa home and firebombed his dental practice in a nearby village before dying by suicide in a vehicle fire on Monday, as details of his threat to cause bodily harm to his ex-wife come to light.

CBC News had earlier learned that Mohammed Al-Lami, 40, was currently on active probation for threatening to cause bodily harm to his ex-wife, the mother of the boys, in 2024, according to Ottawa court records.

CBC has now obtained Ontario Court of Justice recordings of his short trial in February and the decision and sentence in April, in which the judge read excerpts from the emailed threat.

>We don't have any evidence about remorse, we don't have any evidence about insight, [and there's been] no acceptance of responsibility, so I just have a concern in terms of future conduct.- Assistant Crown prosecutor David Rodgers, on April 10

Ottawa police said in a news release late Thursday afternoon that they are supporting the boys' mother "as she grieves this unimaginable loss," and out of respect for her wishes and her family’s privacy, the names of her children will not be released.

The force "recognizes the community's desire for answers" but forensic examinations and other investigative actions are ongoing, and further information will be provided when they're done.

"Incidents like this affect us all, and we acknowledge the shock and heartbreak many are experiencing as we work to understand what happened. Please check in on one another. If you or someone you know is struggling, consider reaching out to family, friends, a trusted community member, local support organizations, or professional services in your area. You do not have to navigate this alone," the release stated.

'I will make you a worldwide story'

As CBC News earlier reported, Al-Lami was charged in 2024 with threatening to cause bodily harm to his ex and her current partner in an email he sent his ex on Jan. 21, 2024.

A short and bizarre trial took place Feb. 22 this year, after Al-Lami rejected the Crown's offer to resolve the matter with a one-year peace bond. The dentist was self-represented, and he repeatedly refused to talk to the lawyer appointed by the court to cross-examine Al-Lami's ex on Al-Lami's behalf.

His ex testified that they were married and had two children together, then separated and divorced in 2022. Al-Lami stopped paying child support the same month he sent the threatening email in 2024 and hadn't paid since. They had an agreement that child support would be adjusted between them every year, "but he hasn't been following the agreement," she said.

The threats in Al-Lami's email included the following lines:

• "I will kill everyone around you and your pimp ... in a very wild and savage way. I won't kill you. I will leave you alone, disabled in a wheelchair that you can't move, even to visit your loved ones' graves."
• "I'll make you an example of the unfair justice system. I will make you a worldwide story."
• "When you do something wrong to me, you pay for it. You pay for it either through the child support or whatever I feel suitable to respond to your actions until I end it the way I like for you and [your] pig," referring to his ex's current partner.

"I was actually astonished because I was asking him for child support. I did not expect this," his ex testified about her reaction to the email.

'He always threatened me,' ex says

"I thought maybe he was high or something because he always threatened me but it was always in Arabic or [between] the lines, like, 'You will see what's going to happen' ... 'Revenge will be served cold.' But he never said this like, directly. So it took me a few days to absorb it."

Under cross-examination by Marni Munsterman, the lawyer appointed by the court, Al-Lami's ex said she came forward because of her children. "I just felt, what if he literally, this happened? And then who's going to be there for my kids if anything happened to me?" she said.

>I just don't know what can happen. I just didn't want to live with the unpredictability.- Al-Lami's ex wife, Feb. 22

She didn't take his other threats seriously in the past. And while she was concerned about the 2024 email, she said she didn't think she was scared of him.

"I just don't know what can happen. I just didn't want to live with the unpredictability," she testified.

She also admitted that she went to police only after her current partner asked her to.

No defence

"What do you say, sir?" Boxall asked Al-Lami after assistant Crown attorney David Rodgers closed his case.

"I don't have anything to say, Your Honour," Al-Lami replied.

"Is there a reason?" the judge asked.

"No, I just don't have anything to say."

After some long pauses and heavy sighs from the judge, Boxall told Al-Lami that he was entitled to represent himself, "but I'm not sure you're being very effective."

"I don't understand why you've done this trial," Boxall said later. "I don't know what's operating. ... The Crown made you an offer which would have guaranteed you wouldn't have a criminal record. You turned it down, for reasons I don't understand, and then you didn't testify. You didn't make any arguments."

Boxall then ordered Al-Lami to return to court for his decision in April.

Crown sought IPV response program

On April 10, Rodgers asked the judge for 18 months of probation, during which Al-Lami would have had to report regularly to a probation officer.

Rodgers also asked the judge to order Al-Lami to submit his DNA, and to attend a program "that helps people take responsibility for and change behaviour that has been hurtful, disrespectful, abusive or controlling to a current or former spouse or intimate partner," according to an Ontario government description.

"We don't have any evidence about remorse, we don't have any evidence about insight, [and there's been] no acceptance of responsibility, so I just have a concern in terms of future conduct," Rodgers said.

The judge ordered 12 months of probation for Al-Lami without the condition to report to a probation officer, and declined the Crown's requests for treatment programming and a DNA submission.

'Hopefully life goes on': judge

"It was a threat in writing, and I find it was one that was to be taken seriously ... but I'm not satisfied that it was a threat to actually cause the harm. That's quite a different thing," Boxall said.

Addressing Al-Lami directly, Boxall said the conditional discharge "means you can say you've never been charged with a criminal offence, and you don't have a criminal record," but that any failure to follow probation orders could cancel the discharge and result in a conviction, sentence and record.

"Hopefully life goes on, sir, all right? ... I don't pretend to know all the background of the situation. I'm sure it's complicated. The intention of the court is that your career goes on, you see your children, you're a good dad, the two of you maintain separate lives, but your life goes on otherwise," Boxall told him.

Support is available for anyone affected by intimate partner violence. You can access support services and local resources across Canada by visiting this website. If your situation is urgent, call 911.

If you're worried someone you know may be experiencing intimate partner violence, here are some warning signs, according to the Canadian Red Cross: 

• Victim says their feelings and wishes are ignored by their partner.
• They are being name-called or criticized.
• They are being controlled financially, emotionally, or physically. 
• They are being kept away from friends by their partner. 
• Partner threatens to hurt victim or show anger if they don't get what they want.
• Partner stalks victim. 
• Victim has expressed they've been abused before, verbally, emotionally, physically or sexually.

If you or someone you know is struggling with thoughts of suicide, here's where to look for help:

• Canada's Suicide Crisis Helpline : Call or text 988.
• Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868. Text 686868. Live chat counselling on the website .
• Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention: Find a 24-hour crisis centre. 
• This guide from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health outlines how to talk about suicide with someone you're worried about.

If you're worried someone you know may be at risk of suicide, you should talk to them about it, says the Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention. Here are some warning signs: 

• Suicidal thoughts.
• Substance use.
• Purposelessness.
• Anxiety.
• Feeling trapped.
• Hopelessness and helplessness.
• Withdrawal.
• Anger.
• Recklessness.
• Mood changes.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/i-will-kill-everyone-around-you-threat-to-ex-by-father-in-double-murder-suicide-emerges-9.7256577

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By Codi Wilson

Police say a dispute over a parking spot in Oshawa, Ont., led to a stabbing that left a female seriously injured. 

According to Durham police, the incident happened at around 5 p.m. on Wednesday in the area of Lakeview Park Avenue and Simcoe Street South. 

Police allege that a 53-year-old woman was involved in a physical altercation with a male and female over a parking space. The 53-year-old, police said, brandished a knife before the male and female sprayed the woman with dog spray. 

The 53-year-old then stabbed the female multiple times, police said. 

The suspect fled the area but was later located and taken into custody, investigators confirmed. 

The victim, police said, was rushed to a Toronto-area trauma centre in serious but stable condition.

https://www.cp24.com/local/durham/2026/07/02/female-stabbed-in-oshawa-after-dispute-over-parking-spot-on-canada-day/

By Dilshad Burman

A Montreal man has been charged in connection with an ongoing human trafficking investigation being conducted by York Regional Police in partnership with Service de Police de la Ville de Montréal.

The charges stem from a York police investigation in May targeting the advertising of sexual services in York region.

The investigation led to the identification of a victim at a hotel in the area of Highway 7 and Leslie Street in the City of Markham. The victim told police that they had been allegedly lured from British Columbia to Ontario under false pretenses and were trafficked and exploited in the sex trade.

Additional victims were also identified during the same investigation and officers linked the suspect in their probe to an ongoing human trafficking investigation in Montreal.

The suspect allegedly posed online as a motivational speaker and fitness instructor who primarily works with women, using the usernames “Coach Dreamz” and “Dreamz.bigg.” It’s believed he also frequented various gyms across Canada.

Phillippe Mokoko, 38, of Montreal is charged with:

• Two counts of trafficking in persons
• Three counts of advertising sexual service
• Three counts of material benefit from sexual services
• Two counts of material benefit from trafficking in persons
• Withholding/destroying documents 
• Two counts of Procuring/exercising control
• Breach of probation

The investigation is ongoing and police say more charges are anticipated.

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2026/06/30/montreal-man-charged-in-york-region-human-trafficking-investigation/

Toronto police have released images of a man who allegedly broke into an East York home in the middle of the night.

In a news release issued Monday morning, investigators said the suspect entered the home, located at Cosburn and Coxwell avenues, just before 3 a.m. on June 28.

Once inside, the suspect was confronted by the homeowner. Police said he then fled the residence.

Police said the suspect is believed to be in his 20s, six-foot-two, with a medium build and short brown hair. He was wearing a red, long-sleeve shirt and grey “Puma” sweatpants.

Investigators are asking anyone with information about the break-in to contact police at 416-808-5500 or Crime Stoppers anonymously.

https://www.cp24.com/local/toronto/2026/06/29/toronto-police-searching-for-suspect-who-allegedly-broke-into-east-york-home/

By Joshua Freeman

A woman who stabbed a stranger to death in Toronto’s underground PATH system while suffering a psychotic episode 10 years ago has been handed an absolute discharge. 

It was back on Dec. 11, 2015, when Rohinie Bisesar, now 51, walked into a Shoppers Drug Mart near Wellington Street and fatally stabbed 28-year-old Rosemarie (Kim) Junorin the heart as she was chatting with a friend on the phone and shopping for nail polish. 

The two women had no previous interaction in the store or beforehand. 

Junor, who had recently been married, later died in hospital. 

The murder of a stranger by a petite woman who held an MBA and had worked on Bay Street shocked the city.

Bisesar, was eventually found not criminally responsible for the murder in 2018 because of her mental illness, which had caused her to hear voices. Prior to the murder, she had received treatment for delusional disorder, and chronic paranoid schizophrenia. 

She lived at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health for five years after the killing.

In 2019, the Ontario Review Board found that Bisesar lacked insight into her crime and remained a significant threat to the public. She continued to send out job applications despite being held in a secure wing. 

Bisesar currently lives in independent housing. She has lived in the community since 2021, volunteering and “improving her education” while considering part-time work. 

In a June 3 report, the Ontario Review Board laid out its reasoning for the absolute discharge, acknowledging that the crime was “shocking and brutal,” but said Bisesar has shown a strong commitment to getting well. 

“The death of an unsuspecting stranger in the centre of Toronto quietly going about some shopping strikes at all of society. Ms. Bisesar was then, however, floridly psychotic, untreated and desperately unwell at that time,” the board wrote.

“Thankfully, Ms. Bisesar was a patient who did respond to treatment. Through the impressive assistance of the psychiatrist and the entire forensic team, coupled with an unwavering commitment by the patient to do everything possible she could to get better, Ms. Bisesar is ready to be released from the jurisdiction of the Board.”

Bisesar is taking two antipsychotic medications, including one that is taken orally daily, and another long-acting injectable that is taken once a month. According to the report, she has shown no evidence of psychosis for years. 

“Ms. Bisesar understands that she has a major mental illness that requires treatment in perpetuity,” the review board report states. 

“The long -acting medication and supportive family numbers (sic) are added protections. Ms. Bisesar has a well-developed community safety plan, and she and her family are knowledgeable and vigilant regarding the possibility of emergent symptoms.”

The absolute discharge essentially ends all legal proceedings and conditions for Bisesar in connection with Junor’s killing. 

However, the board report says she will continue to participate in the Psychosis Coordinated Care Service through CAMH. 

“The hospital will also be approaching the downtown central clinic run by the hospital to assume care. There will be no gaps in treatment,” the report states. 

The report adds that “while the tragedy cannot be undone and will always be on our minds, Ms. Bisesar no longer is a significant threat to the safety of the public, and the law requires that an absolute discharge must be imposed.”

https://www.cp24.com/local/toronto/2026/06/12/woman-who-fatally-stabbed-stranger-in-toronto-path-given-absolute-discharge/

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By Jermaine Wilson
The man accused of killing his parents inside their Mississauga home earlier this month has been arrested after a 10-day Canada-wide manhunt.

In an update to reporters Sunday morning, Peel region officials revealed 46-year-old Jordan Sangwin was taken into custody by Toronto police at around 5 p.m. on Saturday after officers received a tip from a member of the public.

Police say Sangwin was found in a makeshift shelter in Mimico Creek Park in Etobicoke before he was turned over to Peel homicide investigators.

He has now been charged with two counts of first-degree murder in connection with the deaths of his parents, 70-year-old Carol Sangwin and 71-year-old Garwood Sangwin.

Investigators allege Sangwin killed his parents at their home near Lakeshore Road East and Hurontario Street in Mississauga on June 18 before fleeing the area.

Over the course of the investigation, police say they received about 25 tips from the public reporting possible sightings of Sangwin in Peel Region and Toronto, Inspector Mike Mavity said.

Mavity thanked members of the public for their assistance, saying the information they provided played an important role in helping investigators locate the suspect.

The arrest brings an end to a lengthy search that prompted a Canada-wide warrant, multiple public appeals and an extensive police search across Peel and Toronto.

On Friday, police released new images of Sangwin and confirmed he had been captured on a residential doorbell camera running through a south Etobicoke neighbourhood as officers searched the area. Less than 24 hours later, investigators announced he had been found and arrested following a public tip.

https://www.cp24.com/local/peel/2026/06/28/man-accused-of-killing-parents-in-mississauga-arrested-after-10-day-manhunt/

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By Joanna Lavoie

A 32-year-old man from Toronto has been charged with sexual assault following an incident at a wellness clinic in the city’s Bloor West Village area.

Toronto police say they launched an investigation into a sexual assault last month.

Investigators allege the victim attended a wellness clinic near Bloor Street West and Runnymede Road, and during a massage appointment was sexually assaulted by the suspect.

On May 29, Matthew Moloney, 32, of Toronto, was arrested and charged with sexual assault. The charge has not been tested in court.

He is scheduled to appear in court on Aug. 20.

Police believe there may be more victims and are encouraging anyone with information or anyone who may have been victimized to come forward and contact them.

This investigation is ongoing and anyone with further information is asked to contact Toronto police at 416-808-1100 or Crime Stoppers anonymously.

If you or someone you know is struggling with sexual assault or trauma, the following resources are available to support people in crisis:

• Call 911 if you are in immediate danger or fear for your safety.
• The Canadian Association of Sexual Assault Centres' website has a comprehensive list of sexual assault centres in Canada that offer information, advocacy and counselling.
• The Ending Violence Association of Canada‘s website has links to helplines, support services and locations across Canada that offer sexual assault kits.
• Indian Residential School Survivors Society crisis lines: [*+1 866 925 4419*](tel:+1 866 925 4419) or [*+1 800 721 0066*](tel:+1 800 721 0066) (24/7)
• Toronto Rape Crisis Centre crisis line: [*+1 416 597 8808*](tel:+1 416 597 8808) (24/7)
• Canadian Human Trafficking Hotline: [*+1 833 900 1010*](tel:+1 833 900 1010) (24/7)
• Trans Lifeline: [*+1 877 330 6366*](tel:+1 877 330 6366)
• Suicide Crisis Helpline: call or text 988 (24/7)
• Sexual Misconduct Support and Resource Centre for current and former Canadian Armed Forces members: [*+1 844 750 1648*](tel:+1 844 750 1648)
• Read about your rights as a victim on the Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime website.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/article/toronto-man-charged-after-allegedly-sexually-assaulting-victim-at-west-end-wellness-clinic/