U NDER THE GAZE of a security camera in the northeastern corner of Yorkdale Shopping Centre, a woman and a teenage girl are caught in a confrontation. It is the evening of December 17, 2022, just a week before Christmas-the first holiday season in two years with no pandemic lockdown restrictions-and in the soundless CCTV footage, shoppers at the sprawling mall in a northern Toronto neighbourhood are in constant motion.
Police arrested a 15-year-old boy in connection with a knife and pepper-spray attack on board a bus in Queens that was caught on camera earlier this month. The suspect was arrested at around 1:15 p.m. on Sept. 22, authorities said. Police charged the teenager whose identity was withheld due to his age with assault and criminal possession of a weapon, but officers are still searching for at least one other suspect.
I played competitive cricket on Saturdays with about six guys from school (a fairly middle-of-the-road private school). The other seven came from a neighboring private school, and these fellas were completely loaded. The coach's son, Josh, was used to getting whatever he wanted.
"They were looking for trouble harassing everyone they saw," said the victim, who did not want to be identified. "When they started to bother the cab driver, I went over and told them to leave him alone. That's when one coward hit me from behind with a backpack."
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