Ajax
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The Fifteen-Year-Old Carries Ninety-Three of the Two Hundred and Twelve Counts, Two More Than Either Adult: Durham Police Close Project Magenta on Four Males and the Only Robbery Charge in the File Belongs to the Youngest (September 10, 2026)
Published Thursday, September 10, 2026 by Durham Regional Police. Project Magenta was launched by the West Division Criminal Investigations Branch after investigators linked a series of commercial break-and-enters, vehicle thefts, attempted vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and fraud-related offences across Durham Region and Toronto. Between June and September 2026 police allege the group was responsible…
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Casings on the Road and a House Hit From the Street at Five Past Midnight: Durham Police Call the Dooley Crescent File a Drive-By and Publish It Two Days Later With No Suspect (Reported August 25, 2026)
Durham Regional Police published this file on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, two days after the incident. At approximately 12:05 a.m. on Sunday, August 23, 2026, members of West Division responded to an armed person call in the area of Dooley Crescent and Biggs Drive in Ajax after reports of gunshots. Officers located several shell casings…
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Five Hundred and Sixty Grams of Cocaine and a Loaded Magazine With No Gun Beside It: Durham’s Drug Enforcement Unit Closes an Ajax Warrant and Charges A’Yaan Sheikh, 20, With Three Counts (August 25, 2026)
Durham Regional Police published this file on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, the same day the warrant was executed. Members of the Drug Enforcement Unit concluded an investigation and searched a residence in Ajax. Several persons and a quantity of drugs were located inside. Officers seized more than 560 grams of cocaine, a quantity of oxycodone,…
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Three Detached Houses Alight Before Six in the Morning and Police Say One of Them Was the Target: Durham Regional Police Call the Ajax Fire Suspicious and Will Not Say What They Found (August 24, 2026)
Emergency crews were called shortly after 5 a.m. on Monday, August 24, 2026 to the area of Rossland Road W. and Church Street N. in Ajax, where they found one house engulfed in flames. The fire is believed to have started in that home and spread to two neighbouring houses. All three were detached, in…
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Durham Gang Probe Hits Pro Footballer: NFL Player Isaiah Adams Charged in Stolen Firearm and Bulk Fentanyl Raid
Durham Regional Police Guns and Gangs Unit busts a drug and weapons ring in Ajax and Pickering, seizing 3+ kg of fentanyl, a stolen U.S. handgun, and charging four suspects—including NFL player Isaiah Adams.
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Cross-Regional Sex Trafficking Ring Shattered: Toronto & Ajax Search Warrants Yield Arrests, Weapons & Narcotics
Toronto Police Human Trafficking Unit raids coordinates in Toronto and Ajax, arresting Nygel Wright and Kristin Hendren on 17 combined counts of human trafficking, forcible confinement, and narcotics distribution.