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guns and ammo seized by police
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Guns and drugs seized in east-end search

May 30, 2023May 30, 2023 Jay Garak 0 Comment 55 Division, Danforth Avenue, drugs, firearms, Guns and Gangs Task Force, handgun, Main Street, rifle, Toronto Police, trafficking

Two men face a total 28 charges after guns and drugs were seized four days ago in the East Danforth area, police report.

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Shoppers World loading docks
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Man fatally shot by police behind Shoppers World

May 10, 2023May 11, 2023 Jay Garak 0 Comment fatality, shooting, Shoppers World, SIU, Toronto Police

Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit is investigating after a man was fatally shot in an encounter with police around noon today.

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image from video of suspicious incident
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Boys approached by masked males in ‘suspicious incident’

April 26, 2023April 27, 2023 Jay Garak Scarborough Road, suspicious incident, Toronto Police

Two boys fled from persons wearing black ski masks in The Beach on Monday, according to a police news release today.

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Third suspect in home invasion
NEWS 

Two of three suspects arrested in investigation of east-end home invasion

April 18, 2023April 18, 2023 Jay Garak cannabis, cocaine, Durham Regional Police, Elmer Avenue, home invasion, Norway Avenue, possession, Toronto Police

Two people suspected of being in an armed home invasion in Upper Beaches a month ago have been arrested in Oshawa.

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stabbing, attempted murder in Thorncliffe park
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Boy, 14, charged with attempted murder after alleged stabbing

April 6, 2023April 7, 2023 Jay Garak attempted murder, stabbing, Thorncliffe Park Drive, Toronto Police

A 14-year-old boy was arrested today and charged with attempted murder about five days after an alleged stabbing in Thorncliffe Park.

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home invasion suspects from police
NEWS 

Two males, female sought after home invasion in Beach Hill

March 22, 2023March 23, 2023 Jay Garak Elmer Avenue, firearm, home invasion, machete, Norway Avenue, Toronto Police

Two armed men and a woman invaded an apartment in the Beach Hill neighbourhood of the Upper Beaches in the early morning of March 20.

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Robert Cropearedwolf, right, charged with manslaughter in death of Michael Finlay, left.
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Danforth homicide suspect surrenders to police

February 28, 2023February 28, 2023 Jay Garak 52 Division, Douglas (Michael) Finlay, homicide, manslaughter, Toronto Police

A man sought in a homicide investigation following the death of Douglas (Michael) Finlay, 73, has surrendered to police.

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Suspect with knife at Spadina Station
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Woman slashed in face at Spadina station

February 13, 2023February 13, 2023 Jay Garak knife, Spadina Station, Toronto Police

A woman suffered facial injuries from being slashed by a knife at the Spadina subway station yesterday, police reported this morning.

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Homicide victim Gabriel del Castillo Mullally
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Victim identified, more details released in east-end homicide

February 6, 2023February 11, 2023 Jay Garak Danforth Avenue, hit and run, homicide, Toronto Police

Toronto police have identified the man struck and killed by a vehicle on the sidewalk at Danforth and Cedarvale avenues.

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Danforth-Cedarvale corner
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Pedestrian on sidewalk struck by vehicle, incident treated as homicide

February 5, 2023February 5, 2023 Jay Garak Danforth Avenue, hit and run, homicide, Toronto Police

A person standing near the sidewalk was struck by a vehicle early this morning on Danforth Avenue in what police are calling a homicide.

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Danforth-Jones assault suspect
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Victim’s death turns Danforth assault into manslaughter

February 3, 2023February 28, 2023 Jay Garak assault, Danforth Avenue, Douglas (Michael) Finlay, homicide, manslaughter, Toronto Police

A man is sought for manslaughter after Douglas (Michael) Finlay, 73, died from his injuries a week after an assault on Danforth Avenue.

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Firearms and drugs seized and displayed by police
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Six charged, guns and drugs seized in Mount Pleasant robbery investigation

January 31, 2023January 31, 2023 Jay Garak drugs, Eglinton Avenue East, firearms, handgun, Mt. Pleasant Road, search warrant, Toronto Police

A robbery investigation in the Mount Pleasant area eventually resulted in six arrests and the seizure of firearms and illicit drugs.

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Homicide victim John Manion
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Second arrest in 2021 homicide of 77-year-old on Danforth

January 20, 2023January 24, 2023 Jay Garak arrests, East Danforth, homicide, Toronto Police

About 17 months after an assault in the East Danforth area and the death of John Manion, 77, a second person has been charged.

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guns and ammo in Bainbridge murder case
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14-year-old among five facing charges related to Bainbridge shooting death

February 10, 2022 Jay Garak accessory after the fact, arrests, first-degree murder, homicide, Ontario Provincial Police, shooting, Toronto Police

A 14-year-old boy is the latest young person from Oshawa to be arrested in connection to the shooting death of Malachi Elijah Bainbridge.

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police image of man sought in endangering life investigation
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Residents stopped man from starting fire in apartment building, police say

February 10, 2022 Jay Garak arson, endangering life, fire, mischief, Toronto Police, Valley Woods Road, York Mills Road

Police have released images of a man sought in an investigation of mischief endangering life in the Parkwoods area two months ago.

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That was then.

Empringham Hotel 1903
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From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

November 19, 2020February 6, 2023 Jay Garak

The Empringham, Danforth or Play Pen — they’re all the same hotel, standing at Danforth and Dawes from the late 1800s into the 1980s.

Queen and Waverley 1903
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

Can you believe this century home still stands at Queen and Waverley?

February 27, 2020March 4, 2020 Jay Garak
Beltline bridge over Yonge Street ion 1915
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019February 6, 2020 Jay Garak
Yonge-Eglinton southeast
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Now that the Yonge-Eglinton mess has been cleared up (almost)

October 24, 2019October 25, 2019 Jay Garak

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