{"id":825537,"date":"2026-07-25T16:27:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T16:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/825537\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T16:27:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T16:27:13","slug":"pastry-shop-targeted-by-arson-in-montreals-lasalle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/825537\/","title":{"rendered":"Pastry shop targeted by arson in Montreal&#8217;s Lasalle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Montreal pastry shop was the target of arson early Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Around 2:00 a.m., a suspect reportedly smashed the window of the shop located on Newman Boulevard, near Lise Street, in the Lasalle borough, and set it on fire inside, according to initial reports from the Montreal police (SPVM).<\/p>\n<p>A web search using Google Maps confirms that P\u00e2tisserie Lasalle is located at the address indicated by the SPVM.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect reportedly fled on foot before firefighters and police arrived; they found incendiary materials at the crime scene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe damage to the building is minor,\u201d said Caroline Ch\u00e8vrefils, a spokesperson for the SPVM. She added that no one was injured.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect is still at large, and no arrests have been made yet, Ch\u00e8vrefils added.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation has been transferred to the SPVM\u2019s arson unit, and investigators will be interviewing witnesses.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013This report by La Presse Canadienne was translated by CityNews<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Montreal as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=montreal.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1782077411_500_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Montreal pastry shop was the target of arson early Saturday morning. Around 2:00 a.m., a suspect reportedly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":521213,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-825537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825537","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=825537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825537\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/521213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=825537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=825537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=825537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}