Investigators with the York Regional Police #5 District Criminal Investigations Bureau, with the assistance of Durham Regional Police Service (DRPS), and the Toronto Police Service (TPS) have charged a man in connection with a shooting in the City of Markham. On Sunday, March 10, 2024, at approximately 3:45 a.m., officers responded to the sounds of gunshots in a plaza parking lot near Kirkham Drive and New Delhi Drive. They located a male suffering from a gunshot injury. He ..read more

Investigators with the York Regional Police Hold-Up Unit are seeking suspects following an armed carjacking in the City of Markham. On Thursday, April 25, 2024, at approximately 9 p.m., police responded to a carjacking in the area of Highway 7 East and Warden Avenue. The victim was walking to their vehicle when they were approached by two male suspects, armed with at least one firearm and demanded their keys. Both suspects are described as male, Black, thin build, wearing ..read more

Investigators with the York Regional Police Hold-Up Unit are seeking suspects after an armed robbery at a mall jewelry store in the City of Markham. On Friday, April 26, 2024, at 12:27 p.m., police responded to a call for a robbery at a jewelry store in the area of McCowan Road and Highway 7. Three suspects entered the store, where one employee was assaulted by a suspect using an aerosol irritant. The suspects then grabbed a large amount of jewelry and fled ..read more

Investigators with the York Regional Police #5 District Criminal Investigations Bureau would like to thank the public and the media for their help in identifying three additional suspects in connection with a shooting in the City of Markham. On Sunday, March 10, 2024, at approximately 3:45 a.m., officers responded to the sounds of gunshots in a plaza parking lot near Kirkham Drive and New Delhi Drive. They located a male suffering from a gunshot injury. He was transported ..read more

Investigators with the York Regional Police #4 District Criminal Investigations Bureau have laid charges against three people after an investigation into a commercial break and enter in the City of Vaughan. On Friday, April 5, 2024, police attended an electronics store in a commercial plaza in the area of Jane Street and Major Mackenzie Drive West for a report of a break and enter. Security video showed two males exiting a vehicle that pulled up to the business at 3:15 a.m ..read more

Thanks to the York Regional Police Air Support Unit and Search and Rescue Unit, a 69-year-old man missing from the City of Markham was safely located using Project Lifesaver equipment. On Wednesday, April 10, 2024, officers in Air2, working with Search and Rescue and frontline officers on the ground, obtained a Project Lifesaver signal 1000 feet up in the air from the missing man’s wristband tracker amongst a pack of motor vehicles in the area of McCowan Road and Finch ..read more

Investigators with the York Regional Police Hold-Up Unit have charged three men and seized a loaded firearm after a carjacking attempt in the City of Markham. On Saturday, April 6, 2024, at approximately 2 a.m., police responded to a carjacking attempt at a parking lot in the area of Yonge Street and Glen Cameron Road. The victim was walking to her vehicle when a suspect approached and pulled her away. A second suspect then entered her vehicle. The victim struggled with the ..read more

Investigators with the York Regional Police Hold-Up Unit have charged two men and recovered a stolen vehicle following a home invasion in the City of Markham. On Saturday, April 12, 2024, at approximately 4 p.m., police were called to a home in the area of Steeles Avenue East and Henderson Avenue for a home invasion. When they arrived at the residence, the victim reported two armed men broke into her house and threatened to kill her while demanding money. The suspects fled ..read more

Investigators with the York Regional Police Hold-Up Unit have linked a vehicle used in armed carjackings across the Greater Toronto Area and are seeking additional witnesses to come forward. On Saturday, April 6, 2024, at approximately 2 a.m., police responded to a carjacking attempt at a parking lot in the area of Yonge Street and Glen Cameron Road. The victim was walking to her vehicle when a suspect approached and pulled her away. A second suspect then entered her vehicle ..read more

Investigators with the York Regional Police Hold-Up Unit have charged four people after two stolen vehicles were recovered following a carjacking in the City of Markham. On Tuesday, April 2, 2024, at 5 p.m., a carjacking occurred along the westbound lanes of Highway 407 at Woodbine Avenue. A suspect attended a Mercedes Benz dealership in Markham under the guise that he wished to test drive a vehicle. The suspect provided what appeared to be a valid driver’s licence and ..read more