Organized Retail Theft
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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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One Theft in Mississauga in June Turned Into Sixteen Theft Counts, Three Money-Laundering Charges and Two Men With the Same Name: Peel Police Charge Four From One Brampton House Near Mississauga and Mayfield (September 9, 2026)
Peel Regional Police published this file on Wednesday, September 9, 2026 under incident numbers PR268007867 and PR260243795, news release 26-157. Investigators from the 11 Division Criminal Investigation Bureau began with a reported theft at a business in the area of Clayhill Road and Dundas Street West in Mississauga on June 18, 2026, and connected it…
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One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy-Nine Charges Out of One Shopping Centre, and Some of Them Are Conspiracy and Disguise With Intent: Ottawa Police Report on the Downtown Rideau Retail Theft Pilot (Originally Reported September 3, 2026)
This file was issued by the Ottawa Police Service on Thursday, September 3, 2026 at 11:30 a.m. and is not a story that broke today. The force says its retail theft pilot in Downtown Rideau continues to produce results, with officers laying 1,779 charges since the pilot began. The charge mix goes well beyond theft:…