Oshawa
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Oshawa Man Sentenced to Life, No Parole for 21 Years, in Double Murder
An Oshawa judge sentenced Mark Gordon, 33, to two concurrent life sentences with no parole eligibility for 21 years on October 27. He pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree murder in the July 2024 shooting deaths of Patrick and Andrieana Montgomery, both 42.
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Durham Regional Police Say Project Atlantis II, a Downtown Oshawa Enforcement and Community Engagement Project Run by the Central East Division Community Resource Unit Between April and September 2026, Produced 490 Arrests and 808 Charges (October 16, 2026)
Durham Regional Police say Project Atlantis II, a proactive enforcement and community engagement project in downtown Oshawa, produced 490 arrests and 808 charges between April and September 2026. The release reports significant drug seizures without giving any quantity, and names no one arrested or charged.
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Durham Police Charge Ashtoney Thompson, 29, of Oshawa With Eight Counts, Including Discharge Firearm with Intent and Two Counts of Possess Firearm While Prohibited, After a Shooting at a Plaza in the Area of King Street East and Townline Road South (October 5, 2026)
Durham police say one of the people involved in a large altercation at a plaza in the area of King Street East and Townline Road South in Clarington began shooting toward the victim. Ashtoney Thompson, 29, of Oshawa faces eight counts, two of them Possess Firearm While Prohibited.
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Several Other Houses on the Street Were Doused in Accelerant and Simply Did Not Catch, and the Man Charged Is the Same Man Already Charged With Burning the Cars at an MP’s Door Three Days Later: Roshvin Crofton, 24, Faces Fourteen Counts Over the Rossland Road West Fire (September 30, 2026)
Follow-up to this site’s August 25, 2026 briefing on the suspicious fire at Rossland Road West and Church Street North, and to its September 5, 2026 briefing naming Roshvin Crofton over the Scarborough driveway arson. First reported Wednesday, September 30, 2026 at 9:18 p.m. Eastern by Joanna Lavoie of CP24 and CTV News Toronto, updated…
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He Was Under a Weapons Prohibition, on a Release Order and Driving on a Novice Licence, and the Gun in the Car Had Its Serial Number Filed Off: Durham Police Charge Donovan Wendt, 34, After a Bowmanville Traffic Stop (September 16, 2026)
Published Wednesday, September 16, 2026 by the Durham Regional Police Service. On Tuesday, September 15, 2026 at approximately 3:40 p.m., members of the East Division Community Response Unit on proactive patrol stopped a vehicle in the area of Liberty Street South and Lake Road in Bowmanville. Officers observed signs of impairment, made a roadside breath…
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Eight Days Passed Before Durham Police Called It Arson, and by Then the Building Had Already Been Torn Down: the Fire That Took the Mcintosh-Anderson-Kellam Funeral Home Off King Street East (Originally Reported September 15, 2026)
Published Tuesday, September 15, 2026 by Durham Regional Police, eight days after the fire. At approximately 4:05 a.m. on Monday, September 7, 2026, Central East Division officers responded to an assist fire call at the Mcintosh-Anderson-Kellam Funeral Home at 152 King Street East in Oshawa. Through further investigation it was determined that the fire was…