Canadian Crime Watch (2025)

09/10/2025

OTTAWA, ONTARIO - Officers are hoping someone in the public can help them identify a person of interest in connection to the city’s latest homicide.

In a press release and on social media, police released a short video of a person walking in the area of the 500 block of St. Laurent Boulevard in the late hours of Oct. 2 or early morning on the 3.

The person can be seen wearing a dark puffer jacket, black pants with white socks and black sandals. They appear to be wearing a surgical face mask with the hood of the jacket pulled up.

Officials are asking anyone who recognizes the individual to call the homicide unit at 613-236-1222, extension 5493.

Last week, police found a man, now identified as Justin James Weir, 55, suffering from stab wounds around 6:50 a.m. on Oct. 3. Paramedics said he was in life-threatening condition and was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

He is the seventh stabbing-related death in Ottawa this year, and the 14th homicide.

09/10/2025

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA - Winnipeg Police are warning the public about the release of a convicted s*x offender.

The Manitoba Integrated High Risk S*x Offender Unit (MIHRSOU) says that 41-year-old William Lee Perswain was transferred to Winnipeg for his statutory release after serving a portion of his custodial sentence.

Police say that while Perswain has reportedly completed some s*x offender programming, but police believe that he is still a high risk to re-offend in a s*xual manner against both youth and adult women.

Police say that Perswain is 5’8″, 157 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. He also has a fair amount of tattoos, which are listed below.

Back – cross, chains, animal skull with antlers, feathers
Neck – cross
Left Upper Arm – gargoyle hold head
Chest – “Kim”
Upper Torso – feather, skull with horns and mohawk, bird, clouds
Left Leg – moon with a face in clouds, sun with angry face
Right Arm – aboriginal in traditional headdress, landscape, brick wall, dream catcher, feather, bricks
Right Hand – brick wall, f**k
Left Arm – full sleeve with feather
Left Hand – flames, love
Body – Tomahawk (left ribs)

09/10/2025

RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO - York Regional Police say a 51-year-old man is dead following an “unprovoked attack” in Richmond Hill on Wednesday evening.

Officers responded to reports of an assault near Lorraine Street and Bernard Avenue shortly before 5 p.m.

When they arrived, police found the man suffering from serious injuries. The victim was transported to the hospital in life-threatening condition and was later pronounced dead, according to YRP.

Police tell 680 NewsRadio that the victim was outside near his home when he was attacked by a man he did not know and who does not live in the area. Investigators say they are still working to determine a motive.

The suspect was arrested at the scene. No other suspects are being sought.

09/10/2025

MARKHAM, ONTARIO - York Regional Police have charged a Toronto man following a violent, hate-motivated assault on a hotel employee in the City of Markham.

On September 28, 2025, just after 3 a.m., officers responded to reports of an assault in progress at a hotel near Highway 7 East and Commerce Valley Drive West. An employee reported that an intoxicated guest had become aggressive.

Upon arrival, police located a 54-year-old injured employee and arrested the suspect nearby. The victim sustained serious head injuries and was transported to a trauma centre.

Through investigation, officers learned that the suspect was attempting to pay for his room when his credit card was denied. A verbal altercation ensued, and the suspect’s demeanour changed when he learned the victim was Muslim. The suspect became upset, told the victim he was going to kill him and chased him to a room where he was violently assaulted.

Geethansan SRIRANJAN, 31, of the City of Toronto, is charged with:
❌ Assault Cause Bodily Harm
❌ Utter Threats

09/10/2025

LONDON, ONTARIO - One suspect has been arrested, and members of the London Police Service Major Crime Section are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a second suspect in relation to a serious assault from late last week.

At approximately 8 p.m., on Friday, October 3, 2025, police were called to a disturbance in the area of Shelborne Street and Deveron Crescent. Officers arrived and located a male victim with serious injuries. The male was transported to hospital by paramedic services.

Police learned two male suspects attended a residence looking for the victim. The three became involved in an argument before the suspects brandished weapons and assaulted the victim.

During the altercation, a neighbour’s property was damaged.

Police located and arrested one of the suspects a short distance away, while the second suspect fled the area in a vehicle. Police are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying and locating the outstanding suspect and the vehicle he fled in.

The male suspect is described as male, Indigenous, approximately 25 years old, medium build and was wearing a white t-shirt and black shorts. He left in a silver Cadillac SUV with Ontario license plate DETL 324.

The suspect arrested a short distance away has been identified as Tehohalet Powless, 43, of London, and has been charged with the following offences:
❌ Aggravated assault
❌ Mischief under $5000

08/10/2025

OSHAWA, ONTARIO - Durham Police have issued a warning to the public after a high-risk offender was released from prison and is now living in Oshawa.

Matthew Donald Adlam, 52, was serving a sentence for a number of s*xual assault-related offences.

Police say he poses a “significant risk to the community,” and has a history of serious criminal convictions, including s*xual assault with a weapon, indecent act, break and enter, criminal harassment, carry concealed weapon and violations of long-term supervision orders.

Adlam is described as a white male with a slim build. He is bald with a beard and has a large facial tattoo.

He is bound by an order that has several conditions that include not attending a public park or swimming area where people under the age of sixteen years are present or can reasonably be expected to be present, or a daycare centre, school ground, playground, or community centre and abiding by a curfew from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m.

08/10/2025

GATINEAU, QUEBEC - Gatineau Police are asking for the public’s help locating a missing 16-year-old girl.

Aurélie Harrison was last seen leaving 155 chemin Freeman in the neighbourhood of Hull at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 10.

According to police, Harrison might be using the STO public transit, and she may be in the Aylmer area or in Ottawa’s Rideau Street area.

Harris is described by police as white, 5’4”, 50 kilograms, with curly brown hair and blue eyes. She is believed to have a piercing near her left eye and lower lip. Police say there are concerns about her health and safety.

Police ask anyone with information regarding Harrison’s location to contact the Gatineau police at 819-246-0222.

08/10/2025

ONTARIO - Police say that an Innisfil man is facing charges in connection with seven shooting incidents that took place at residences across the Greater Toronto Area and in London this past summer.

Kaejean Isaiah Doman, 23, is now facing an additional six counts of discharging a firearm with intent and an additional six counts of possessing a prohibited or restricted firearm, police say.

The shootings took place between Aug. 18 and Sept. 10 in Brampton, Vaughan and London. Police say that investigators believe the suspect fired a combined 125 shots during the incidents.

There were no injuries reported as a result of any of the shootings. The suspect was arrested in the early morning hours of Sept. 10 after police responded to a call for the sounds of gunshots near Bathurst Street and Teston Road in Vaughan.

08/10/2025

ALTONA, MANITOBA - An Ontario truck driver who avoided Canadian authorities for more than nine months after allegedly causing a crash that killed a Manitoba mother and her eight-year-old daughter when he drove through a stop sign last year has been granted bail.

Navjeet Singh, 26, was released with conditions including surrendering his passport and driver's licence, not occupying the driver's seat of a vehicle, living at a specified address in Ontario and reporting weekly to police in Manitoba.

Singh was arrested a week earlier at Toronto's Pearson International Airport, after he arrived in Canada on an Ethiopian Airlines flight, police said at the time.

He'd been wanted on charges including dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death following the Nov. 15, 2024, crash that killed Sara Unger, 35, and her daughter, Alexa, near the town of Altona, about 90 kilometres southwest of Winnipeg.

08/10/2025

SARNIA, ONTARIO - On October 5, 2025 at 2:21 a.m., police were called to the 900 block of Confederation Street in Sarnia for a report of a male party, dressed in all black, ma********ng on a mattress beside the dumpsters of a townhouse complex.

Officers arrived on scene and located the male. The male attempted to walk away but was arrested. Once placed under arrest, he began pulling away and attempted to free himself from the officers. He was identified as Mathieu BEAUCHAMP.

Police spoke with residents at that location. One witness reported that she was in her living room (with her 5-year-old child) earlier in the night. She was startled to see BEAUCHAMP looking into her living room from a window at the rear of her apartment. She yelled and knocked at the window, causing BEAUCHAMP to jump the fence and make his way to the dumpster near the front entrance of the unit.

Another witness had observed BEAUCHAMP lying on the mattress with his ge****ls exposed and ma********ng.

At the time of these offences, BEAUCHAMP was bound by five (5) probation orders, each of which contained the condition to keep the peace and be of good behaviour.

Mathieu BEAUCHAMP (26 years) of no fixed address was held for bail on charges of:
❌ Indecent Act
❌ Trespass by night
❌ Resisting a police officer
❌ Fail to comply with probation X5

Following his bail hearing, the court remanded BEAUCHAMP into custody.

Since October of 2024, the Sarnia Police note that BEAUCHAMP has had 43 interactions with police, including 11 arrests and 37 charges. This incident represents his 5th indecent act charge and 20th breach of probation within that same time period.

08/10/2025

SURREY, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Three people have been arrested, and Criminal Code charges have now been approved in a Surrey Police Service (SPS) investigation into a shooting that occurred in March 2025, which is believed to be related to an extortion investigation.

On March 27, 2025, at approximately 1:55 am, a residence in the 13300 block of 89A Avenue, Surrey, was damaged by several gunshots. Nobody was injured as a result of the shooting.

During the course of the investigation, it was determined that the incident was related to an ongoing extortion investigation and three suspects were identified.

Three suspects were identified and arrested on October 3, 2025.

Mandeep Gidda, a 23-year-old male, Nirmaandeep Cheema, a 20-year-old male, and Arundeep Singh, a 26-year-old male, were all charged with one count of reckless discharge of a firearm contrary to section 244.2 of the Criminal Code.

Individuals and businesses primarily in the South Asian community are being victimized by threats of extortion in Surrey and across the country.

07/10/2025

MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO - Three suspects have been arrested in connection with a hit-and-run that injured a woman and four children in Mississauga over the summer.

The two-vehicle crash occurred in the Erin Mills area, near Ninth Line and Erin Centre Boulevard on July 3, 2025.

Peel police were originally called to the area for a reported carjacking at a Life Time Fitness location, near Highway 403 and Winston Churchill Boulevard.

Moments before the crash, police say a black Range Rover was being followed by the driver of a red Ford Mustang. Both vehicles were allegedly observed driving erratically and at a high rate of speed.

According to authorities, the black Range Rover then collided with a red Honda Civic, which was occupied by a woman and four children between the ages of 9 and 12. All five individuals were taken to a trauma centre with serious injuries. Police confirmed that two of the children injured are related to the woman, while the other two are friends of the children.

The two suspects in the Range Rover allegedly fled the scene on foot without making any attempt to check on those injured in the crash. Investigators have since arrested 18-year-old Daijuan Buchanan of Brampton and 22-year-old Jahzi Smith of Mississauga. Police say they are the alleged occupants of the Range Rover.

Buchanan is facing several charges, including robbery, unauthorized possession of a firearm, five counts of dangerous operation cause bodily harm, fail to stop after accident and fail to comply with release order.

Smith is also facing several charges including robbery and unauthorized possession of a firearm.

The alleged driver of the red Ford Mustang, 28-year-old Jashanpreet Singh of Mississauga, has also been arrested and charged with dangerous operation of a motor vehicle.

He was released with conditions.

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