{"id":549110,"date":"2026-03-20T14:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T14:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/549110\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T14:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T14:06:09","slug":"man-sought-in-connection-with-alleged-break-in-at-east-toronto-business-beach-metro-community-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/549110\/","title":{"rendered":"Man sought in connection with alleged break-in at East Toronto business \u2013 Beach Metro Community News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"363\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/web-Police-truck-Oct-2021.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20354\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5868021178597564;width:925px;height:auto\"  \/>A Toronto police truck is seen in this Beach Metro News file photo.<\/p>\n<p>Toronto police are asking for the public\u2019s help identifying a man wanted in connection with an investigation into an alleged break-in at an East Toronto business earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>Police were called to the area of Eastern Avenue and Leslie Street at approximately 8 a.m. on Wednesday, March 18, for a reported break-in at a business.<\/p>\n<p>According to police, a man allegedly forced entry into the business at approximately 10 p.m. on Tuesday, March 17.<\/p>\n<p>The man allegedly damaged a cash register, took money from inside of it, and also stole a debit machine, said police.<\/p>\n<p>The man then fled the area. He is described as white, wearing a blue hooded jacket, dark pants, and black running shoes with white soles.<\/p>\n<p>Police have released an image of the suspect in the hopes that someone can identify him.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"179\" height=\"245\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Leslie-be-0319.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48352\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7306416634774844;width:525px;height:auto\"\/>Toronto police are looking to identify this man in connection with an investigation into an alleged break-in at a business in the Eastern Avenue and Leslie Street area on the night of Tuesday, March 17.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information is asked to contact police in 55 Division at 416-808-5500, or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-8477 or online at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.222tips.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.222tips.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Toronto police truck is seen in this Beach Metro News file photo. Toronto police are asking for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":549111,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,3302],"class_list":["post-549110","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\/549110","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=549110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/549110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/549111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=549110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=549110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=549110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}