Human Trafficking Ring Busted, GTA Crimes Tackled

It's March 27.

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Durham Regional Police have charged two men and a woman from the greater Toronto area

after a long human trafficking probe.

It started in May 2025 with reports of a young woman being groomed and forced into escorting

across Durham region and the GTA, facing threats of violence.

Officers rated a pickering home in March 2026, arresting the trio and seizing drugs,

a loaded handgun and banned high capacity, magazines.

Jeffrey Earl Shirley, a 47-year-old from Pickering already under a weapons ban, faces 16 charges

like multiple trafficking counts.

Firearms violations in drug trafficking.

Taylor Daniel Ebert, 36 from Ashewa, is hit with nine charges tied to trafficking and

drugs.

Amanda Lee Partridge, 34, also from Pickering, is charged with profiting from adult sex work.

The case highlights growing concerns over exploitation rings, praying on vulnerable people

in the region.

Meanwhile, police across the GTA are tackling other crimes.

Toronto cops released a suspect photo after a March 4th break-in at a Danforth apartment

where a 30-year-old man in a fur-hooded jacket stole from a unit.

York Regional Police nabbed a 46-year-old from Whitby in a Markham robbery that left

the man seriously hurt, but two more suspects remain at, large.

Durham also charged a 24-year-old Ashewa man in a February, stabbing an 42-year-old

cordless woman for carelessly crashing into.

Firefighters at a crash scene.

With photos out in tips pouring in, these buss show ongoing efforts to keep streets safer.