A 53-year-old woman is facing charges after a woman was stabbed multiple times during a road rage incident in Oshawa. The incident occurred on Wednesday at around 7:20 p.m. in the area of Lakeview Park and Simcoe St.
According to reports, the suspect was allegedly involved in a road rage fight with a 20-year-old man and a 19-year-old woman. The man and woman used bear spray after the suspect brandished a knife, and the woman victim was stabbed multiple times before the suspect fled the area.
The victim was taken to a trauma centre in serious but stable condition. The suspect, Arlene Sophia Moore, has been charged with aggravated assault, two counts of assault with a weapon, and one count of possessing a weapon dangerous.
Cops are urging anyone with cell phone, dashcam, or surveillance footage of the incident to contact Det. Const. Daddazio of the Central East Division Criminal Investigations Branch at 1-888-579-1520 ext. 1705. Anonymous information can also be sent to Durham Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or online.
A 44-year-old Toronto man has been charged in connection with a suspected hate-motivated assault with a weapon in the Adelaide St. West and Spadina Ave. area. It is alleged that the accused approached the victim and assaulted them with a metal pole without provocation while making anti-Sikh discriminatory comments.
The victim sustained minor injuries to their head and had been targeted because of their religious attire. Mathieu Basuk faces charges of assault with a weapon, and this investigation is being treated as a suspected hate-motivated offence. Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-3500 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477).
Toronto police are seeking a male suspect after a reported assault in Scarborough early Friday morning. Cops responded to the area of a park at Ellesmere Rd. and Morningside Ave. at around 5:40 a.m. after receiving a call that someone had been assaulted and the suspect was armed with a knife.
A man was taken to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries by Toronto paramedics. The suspect has been described as a Black male, possibly in his teens, standing about 5-foot-7, with a thin build, wearing black pants and a black sweatshirt. Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 416-808-4300.
Three men and one woman are facing multiple charges in relation to a $1.9 million cheque fraud investigation in Uxbridge. Durham cops allege that on March 16, a woman cashed a fraudulent cheque valued at over $1.9 million at an Uxbridge bank.
It is alleged that the woman and three men conducted bank transfers, withdrawals, e-transfers, wire payments, and completed bank drafts to launder these funds. The foursome was allegedly able to fraudulently obtain more than $890,000 before all the money was frozen.
Following an investigation by the Financial Crimes Unit, four suspects were located and taken into custody. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact Det. Const. Peden of the Financial Crimes Unit at 1-888-579-1520 ext. 5241. Anonymous information can be sent to Durham Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or online.
