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Man sought after teen assaulted on bus

June 6, 2017July 26, 2017 Shawn Star Eglinton West Station, sexual assault, Toronto Police

Police are looking for a man after a teenage girl was assaulted on a bus just after it left Eglinton West subway station.

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Man charged in separate sexual assault cases

June 1, 2017July 30, 2017 Shawn Star Avenue Road, Haddington Avenue, sexual assault, Toronto Police

A 30-year-old man is facing six charges in relation to two sexual assault investigations near Avenue Road and Haddington Avenue.

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Uber driver charged with midtown kidnapping

May 28, 2017July 30, 2017 Shawn Star Dunfield Avenue, Eglinton Avenue East, forcible confinement, kidnapping, Toronto Police, Uber

Police have arrested and charged an Uber driver with kidnapping and forcible confinement near Eglinton Avenue East and Dunfield Avenue.

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Mathematically speaking

April 8, 2017October 16, 2019 Shawn Star crossword, puzzle

Crossword for April 2017 (answers with May puzzle)

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Fraud-related charges for tow truck driver

April 7, 2017August 9, 2017 Shawn Star fraud, Toronto Police, tow truck

Police say a car crash at Dupont Street and Davenport Avenue has led to a tow truck driver facing two fraud-related charges.

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Indecent act investigation leads to seven charges

April 6, 2017August 9, 2017 Shawn Star drugs, indecent act, Toronto Police

Police say a woman was in a bookstore in the area with her two children when she saw a man committing an indecent act while standing in close proximity.

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Parking enforcement officers assaulted, two charged

April 6, 2017October 19, 2017 Shawn Star assault, parking enforcement, Toronto Police

Two men face three charges in separate alleged assaults on parking enforcement officers in North Toronto. The two incidents took place five days apart.

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Police investigating sex assault at Loblaws

April 5, 2017December 6, 2017 Shawn Star sex assault, Toronto Police

The incident took place March 10 at the Loblaws by St. Clair Avenue West and Bathurst Street at about 10 a.m.

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Cab driver killed in York Mills crash

April 2, 2017August 9, 2017 Shawn Star Beck Taxi, fatal crash, Toronto Police, York Mills Road

Police say at about 2:55 a.m. on March 19, a 2016 Mercedes Benz driven by an 18-year-old man was heading east on York Mills Road near Hedgewood Road, when the vehicle left the road and struck a hydro pole on the south side.

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Police seek witnesses to possible road rage

March 11, 2017August 1, 2017 Shawn Star assault, road rage, Toronto Police

Police are appealing to witnesses who may have seen a physical altercation in Yorkville between a motorist and a cyclist in early March.

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Voyeurism investigation leads to charges

February 15, 2017August 1, 2017 Shawn Star Toronto Police, voyeurism

A 43-year-old man is facing five charges after an arrest on Feb. 6 in a voyeurism investigation in the Yonge and Eglinton area.

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Police make arrest in ‘Lunchtime Bandit’ case

February 4, 2017August 1, 2017 Shawn Star bank robbery, holdup

A 20-year-old man is facing five robbery charges for a series of midtown bank holdups attributed to the “Lunchtime bandit.”

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jacket
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Leaside bank robber left behind jacket

February 4, 2017April 12, 2017 Shawn Star bank robbery, Toronto Police

Police are looking for a man who robbed two Leaside banks late last year, and left behind a jacket at one of the crime scenes.

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stabbing suspect
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Man injured in Yorkville library stabbing

February 4, 2017December 28, 2017 Shawn Star stabbing, Toronto Police, Toronto Reference Library

Police are on the hunt for a suspect after investigators say an unprovoked stabbing at the Toronto Reference Library sent a man to hospital.

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Two men wanted in North Toronto arsons

January 16, 2017March 28, 2017 Shawn Star arson

Two men are being sought in what police believe are two connected North Toronto arsons incidents a few days apart in November.

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That was then.

Empringham Hotel 1903
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

November 19, 2020February 6, 2023 Shawn Star

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 Shawn Star
Beltline bridge over Yonge Street ion 1915
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019February 6, 2020 Shawn Star
Yonge-Eglinton southeast
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

Now that the Yonge-Eglinton mess has been cleared up (almost)

October 24, 2019October 25, 2019 Shawn Star

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