TORONTO Police in Durham Region have released surveillance video of a man who they say lit a tow truck on fire early Friday morning. In a news release, police said they received a report of a vehicle fire on Gamble Drive in Ajax, Ont. at approximately 6:50 a.m. When officers arrived on scene, they said they found a Chevrolet tow truck “fully engulfed in flames.” Firefighters were able to put the fire out and there were no injures reported, police said. Surveillance video of the incident posted by police appears to show the suspect dousing the vehicle with an unknown substance, igniting the flame and then fleeing the scene.
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Durham Regional Police are warning people who sell items online to exercise caution after a man in Oshawa was robbed while trying to sell an expensive coat.
The incident happened Monday around 3:30 p.m. in the Grandview St. N. and Conlin Rd. E. area.
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Police say the victim had arranged to meet with two teens near a residential area to sell a Moose Knuckles parka after they answered an online ad.