If only keeping thieves at bay could be that easy. Remember the '80s and '90s, when car radio theft was all the rage? People etched parts with identifying marks and put "no radio" stickers on their car windows to warn thieves away from a fruitless exercise. Attempting to curb increasingly bold metal thieves, Hydro One started following the lead of frustrated car owners last year, putting up these signs at some of their substations.......

This is outside––far outside––of Torontoist's scope, but reader Chris Stone e-mailed us to ask for help in publicizing a missing child case, and we figured we should do what we can. Five-year-old Alana Livas (pictured) is missing, abducted by her birth parents, Vivene and Peter Livas. Missing from Toronto since November 29, Alana has rickets and may need medical attention. Her most distinguishing physical characteristic is a blue birthmark beside her right eye. The RCMP......

Each week, Torontoist chooses the most interesting cases from the Toronto Police Service crime blotter. All charges are alleged until proven under law. • The big story this week was the arrest of six kids for the murder of a 17-year-old boy in the Flemingdon Park area. On July 15, 2006, the victim was stripped and assaulted over several hours by a group of people outside a housing complex on Grenoble Drive, finally succumbing to......

Each week, Torontoist chooses the most interesting cases from the Toronto Police Service crime blotter. All charges are alleged until proven under law. • Shortly after midnight on Sunday, a patron of Flirt Lounge on Adelaide West assaulted another patron, biting the victim's ear and separating a chunk of cartilage. A cell phone camera snapped an obscured image of the suspect during the altercation (pictured at right) and police say that most people in the......

Each week, Torontoist chooses the most interesting cases from the Toronto Police Service crime blotter. All charges are alleged until proven under law. • An investigation is underway about a man posing as a police officer who is allegedly stealing personal belongings in the Entertainment District. The guy apparently uses imitation police equipment to gain entry into clubs, then steals unattended purses and mobile phones. Real cops are mandated to carry specific identification, which they......

Each week, Torontoist chooses the most interesting cases from the Toronto Police Service crime blotter. All charges are alleged until proven under law. When the police weren't busy trying to manage opening and closing the Gardiner a bunch of times after the Great CN Tower Ice Incident of 2007, they had their hands full with some skeezy characters this week. • The Fraud Squad is in full-effect these days with yet another charity fraud arrest.......

Usually there isn't much that happens on a sleepy stretch of Centre Street, just north of the city in Thornhill. It's a pretty typical suburban stretch between the Promenade Mall and, well, not much else. But this week it's been hopping! First of all, there was a good ol' fashioned carjacking on Thursday night. Just your run-of-the-mill post-ATM visit from the local thieves. This enterprising suspect brought both a gun AND a metal stick to......