{"id":918879,"date":"2026-10-03T09:02:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T09:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/918879\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T09:02:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T09:02:16","slug":"toronto-man-34-accused-of-breaking-into-multiple-weston-area-homes-is-charged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/918879\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto man, 34, accused of breaking into multiple Weston-area homes is charged"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto police have arrested and charged a man who is accused of breaking into multiple homes in the Weston area.<\/p>\n<p>Police allege that 34-year-old Austin MacDonald broke into a garage near Jane and Church Streets on Aug. 26 and stole two dirt bikes.<\/p>\n<p>About a week later, police said MacDonald returned to the same address and broke into a vehicle that was parked in the driveway.<\/p>\n<p>Then on Sept. 19, detectives said MacDonald broke into a residence in the same area while the occupants were at home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe accused stole personal items including jewellery and bank cards,\u201d police wrote in a press release shared Friday. \u201cThe accused attended another location, broke into a motor vehicle, and removed personal property.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe accused attended a store and made multiple purchases and withdrawals using a stolen bank card,\u201d police added.<\/p>\n<p>Later that day, police arrested MacDonald and seized several \u201citems of evidentiary value.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He was charged with five offences, including two counts of break and enter, three counts of theft over $5,000, two counts of possessing\/using a credit card obtained by crime and eight counts of breaching probation.<\/p>\n<p>He was scheduled to appear in a Toronto court on Sept. 23.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Toronto 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=toronto.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\/10\/1791018136_61_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":"Toronto police have arrested and charged a man who is accused of breaking into multiple homes in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":918880,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,3302],"class_list":["post-918879","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\/918879","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=918879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/918879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/918880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=918879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=918879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=918879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}