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Boy, 14, charged in multiple anti-Semitic incidents
The 14-year-old faces over 20 charges including mischief and indecent communications after police linked him to numerous antisemitic phone calls targeting Jewish institutions.
- A 14-year-old boy from Newmarket, Ont., was arrested Wednesday after York Regional Police executed a search warrant at a Newmarket residence and charged him in connection with hate-motivated incidents.
- The probe began after reports in November that callers made antisemitic remarks to staff at synagogues, Jewish community centres and Jewish schools, prompting a hate-crime investigation by York Regional Police.
- Charged counts include 10 mischief and 10 indecent-communications counts, alongside a possession allegation following a search that found a controlled substance believed to be psilocybin.
- Authorities urged the public to call the York Regional Police Hate Crime Prevention Unit or provide tips to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477, with police praising investigators.
- The suspect cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act, and investigators say the probe remains ongoing as community leaders report families in York Region shaken.
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