Wendy Gillis

Toronto

Crime Reporter at The (Toronto) Star

Toronto Star's crime and police reporter. On leave in 2025. Tips: [email protected] or [email protected] or DM me for Signal info

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A ‘stain’ on Ontario’s child welfare system: Advocates renew calls for accountability in death of Neveah, girl found in Rosedale dumpster

Feb 15, 2025 | thespec.com | Jennifer Pagliaro |Wendy Gillis

Child welfare advocates are renewing their calls for answers and accountability in the death of a child whose remains were found in a Rosedale dumpster, a case one expert calls a “stain” on Ontario’s child protection system.
‘Neveah was failed’: Rare access reveals haunting details about the life and death of the girl found in a Rosedale dumpster

Feb 15, 2025 | thespec.com | Wendy Gillis |Jennifer Pagliaro

A rap at the door summoned the woman to the front entrance of a rooming house in east Toronto. Outside the rundown two-storey home, an empty stroller sat parked by the driveway. A young boy soon toddled up to the door, followed by two curious school-age girls. Standing at the stoop, in the heat of a late June afternoon, was a trio of plain clothes officers from the Toronto police homicide squad. The woman had one question for the detectives at her door.
A ‘stain’ on Ontario’s child welfare system: Advocates renew calls for accountability in death of Neveah, girl found in Rosedale dumpster

Feb 15, 2025 | hamiltonnews.com | Jennifer Pagliaro |Wendy Gillis

Child welfare advocates are renewing their calls for answers and accountability in the death of a child whose remains were found in a Rosedale dumpster, a case one expert calls a “stain” on Ontario’s child protection system.
‘Neveah was failed’: Rare access reveals haunting details about the life and death of the girl found in a Rosedale dumpster

Feb 15, 2025 | hamiltonnews.com | Wendy Gillis |Jennifer Pagliaro

A rap at the door summoned the woman to the front entrance of a rooming house in east Toronto. Outside the rundown two-storey home, an empty stroller sat parked by the driveway. A young boy soon toddled up to the door, followed by two curious school-age girls. Standing at the stoop, in the heat of a late June afternoon, was a trio of plain clothes officers from the Toronto police homicide squad. The woman had one question for the detectives at her door.
Highway 401 wrong-way chase results in criminal charges for two Durham police officers

Jan 17, 2025 | thespec.com | Wendy Gillis

Two Durham police officers have been criminally charged in connection to a catastrophic police chase the wrong way down Highway 401, a pursuit launched over an LCBO theft that ended in a head-on crash killing four, including an infant and his grandparents. Ontario’s police watchdog, the Special Investigations Unit (SIU), said Friday that it has charged Sgt. Richard Flynn and Cst.
High-ranking Toronto cop who meddled in nephew’s collision investigation demoted

Jan 13, 2025 | thespec.com | Wendy Gillis

Toronto police Insp. Joyce Schertzer will be demoted for nine months after being found guilty of professional misconduct last year for meddling in an investigation involving a family member. Retired OPP Supt. Lisa Taylor, who presided over the high-profile hearing, read her lengthy sentencing decision inside a full Toronto police tribunal Monday morning, calling Schertzer’s actions a “major deviation” from the expectations of a senior officer.
High-ranking Toronto cop who meddled in nephew’s collision investigation demoted

Jan 13, 2025 | hamiltonnews.com | Wendy Gillis

Toronto police Insp. Joyce Schertzer will be demoted for nine months after being found guilty of professional misconduct last year for meddling in an investigation involving a family member. Retired OPP Supt. Lisa Taylor, who presided over the high-profile hearing, read her lengthy sentencing decision inside a full Toronto police tribunal Monday morning, calling Schertzer’s actions a “major deviation” from the expectations of a senior officer.
Penalty decision expected Monday for high-ranking Toronto cop who meddled in nephew’s collision investigation

Jan 13, 2025 | thespec.com | Wendy Gillis

A penalty decision is expected Monday in the high-profile police discipline case of Insp. Joyce Schertzer, who was found guilty of professional misconduct last year for meddling in an investigation involving a family member.
Chadd Facey died after an off-duty cop tackled him in a Kijiji deal gone bad. His family is struggling to move on: ‘It is like my child was nobody’

Jan 12, 2025 | thespec.com | Wendy Gillis

A charged atmosphere lingered inside a cramped Brampton courtroom as the judge rose to her feet, her verdict delivered. In the front row, the family of Chadd Facey stood in stunned silence. Each day of a tense trial last fall, relatives and friends had filled the seats of the public gallery, donning pins that brought 19-year-old Facey’s youthful grin into the courtroom.
An Ontario police officer was fired for his ‘inappropriate’ relationship with a teenage girl. 20 years later, she’s telling her story — and demanding justice

Nov 23, 2024 | thespec.com | Wendy Gillis

One big purchase, rung up without permission on her mother’s credit card. It hadn’t taken much to land a Bowmanville teenager inside a Durham Regional police interview room, all alone with the officer on duty. A Grade 11 student who adored horses and spent her childhood at the stables, she had started acting out. She was skipping school, experimenting with marijuana, and then came the credit card incident — the unauthorized purchase, she said, of a videogame console by forging her mom’s signature.

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Articles

A ‘stain’ on Ontario’s child welfare system: Advocates renew calls for accountability in death of Neveah, girl found in Rosedale dumpster

‘Neveah was failed’: Rare access reveals haunting details about the life and death of the girl found in a Rosedale dumpster

A ‘stain’ on Ontario’s child welfare system: Advocates renew calls for accountability in death of Neveah, girl found in Rosedale dumpster

‘Neveah was failed’: Rare access reveals haunting details about the life and death of the girl found in a Rosedale dumpster

Highway 401 wrong-way chase results in criminal charges for two Durham police officers

High-ranking Toronto cop who meddled in nephew’s collision investigation demoted

High-ranking Toronto cop who meddled in nephew’s collision investigation demoted

Penalty decision expected Monday for high-ranking Toronto cop who meddled in nephew’s collision investigation

Chadd Facey died after an off-duty cop tackled him in a Kijiji deal gone bad. His family is struggling to move on: ‘It is like my child was nobody’

An Ontario police officer was fired for his ‘inappropriate’ relationship with a teenage girl. 20 years later, she’s telling her story — and demanding justice

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