{"id":486327,"date":"2026-02-19T23:05:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T23:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/486327\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T23:05:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T23:05:12","slug":"partial-lockdown-school-goes-on-alert-north-of-toronto-due-to-suspicious-person-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/486327\/","title":{"rendered":"PARTIAL LOCKDOWN: School goes on alert north of Toronto due to &#8216;suspicious&#8217; person, police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two people are in custody following an incident that led a school to go into partial lockdown north of Toronto, police say.<\/p>\n<p>The incident started around 2:45 p.m. in the area of Islington Avenue and Stegman\u2019s Mill Road in Kleinburg west of Vaughan, York Regional Police say.<\/p>\n<p>Police said they were in the area investigating a suspicious person, and a nearby school placed on a hold-and-secure order.<\/p>\n<p>Three people were taken into custody, but police later said that there were only two suspects. Both have been taken into police custody, investigators say.<\/p>\n<p>The hold-and-secure order was lifted around 3:45 p.m., police said in an update.<\/p>\n<p>Police haven\u2019t said whether any charges have been laid or are pending.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidyard-player-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771439772_908_awZCW3rPmWvxPqZHnBCKLu.jpg\" data-videoid=\"790139\" data-uuid=\"awZCW3rPmWvxPqZHnBCKLu\" data-v=\"4\" data-type=\"inline\" data-muted=\"1\" style=\"width:100%\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p>        <img width=\"1024\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-30-at-1.55.02-PM-1024x513.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>      <\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Suspicious Person<br \/>2:43 p.m.<br \/>\u2013 Islington Ave\/Stegman\u2019s Mill Rd, Kleinburg<br \/>\u2013 large police presence in area due to ongoing investigation<br \/>\u2013 two suspects in custody, one currently outstanding<br \/>\u2013 nearby school placed in a hold-and-secure<br \/>\u2013 please avoid the area<br \/>\u2013 updates to follow\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n6IBrl3JSY\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/n6IBrl3JSY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 York Regional Police (@YRP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YRP\/status\/2024578907458932846?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">February 19, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insauga.com\/editorial-guidelines\" class=\"editorial-guidelines-link d-block mb-4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            INsauga&#8217;s Editorial Standards and Policies        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last 30 Days: 63,019 Votes<\/p>\n<p>All Time: 1,230,243 Votes<\/p>\n<p>    3104 VOTES<br \/>\n    Should bike lanes stay or be removed?    <\/p>\n<p>\tWIN A $100 GIFT CARD<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to INsauga\u2019s daily email newsletter for a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card.<\/p>\n<p>    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two people are in custody following an incident that led a school to go into partial lockdown north&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":486328,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,3302],"class_list":["post-486327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}