Pickering
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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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Three Years and Two Months After Shots Came Out of a Car at 1580 Kingston Road: Durham Homicide Charges Fawaz Sheikh, 22, and a 19-Year-Old From Pickering With Second-Degree Murder in the Killing of Anthony Dixon, 17 (August 26, 2026)
Durham Regional Police announced on Wednesday, August 26, 2026 that its homicide unit has arrested two males in the June 18, 2023 killing of Anthony Dixon, 17, at a housing complex at 1580 Kingston Road in Pickering. Fawaz Sheikh, 22, of Ajax is charged with second-degree murder. A 19-year-old male from Pickering is charged with…
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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.