Safety, Security, and Crime Headlines

Vincent Dang was hit by an SUV and killed in the early hours of Saturday, Nov. 27, 2010. Credit: A young man drove his rented SUV into a group with whom he'd argued earlier, killing one, a murder trial hears.

Consuelo Valencia-Russo was killed in 2009. Credit: SUPPLIED PHOTO Ana Rodriguez and Juan Reyes plead guilty for the July 2009 robbery and suffocation death of teacher Connie Valencia-Russo.

Naveen Polapady was accused of throwing spices in a man’s face during an altercation outside his Bloor St. W. restaurant, Maroli, in Aug. 2011. Polapady believed the man had broken into his vehicle days earlier. Credit: LUCAS OLENIUK/TORONTO STAR FILE PHOTO It might be spicy, but courts no longer consider restaurateur Naveen Polapady's masala powder a “noxious substance.”

OSHAWA -- A jury has found Jacques "Junior" Amakon not guilty of second-degree murder, convicting him instead of manslaughter in the 2010 stabbing death of Michael "Biggie" McDonald. Jurors deliberated for a day...

WHITBY -- Police have charged a woman in connection with a fatal collision involving a cyclist in Whitby last month. Maurice Hall, 58, of Whitby, was struck by a vehicle while riding his bicycle in the area of...

OSHAWA -- The teacher knew something was up. It was March 30, 2010 and Max Travis, a teacher at Monsignor Paul Dwyer Catholic High School in Oshawa, had a bad feeling. A well-known football player, Michael...