NEWS RELEASE
YORK REGIONAL POLICE
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Investigators with the York Regional Police #4 District Criminal Investigations Bureau have located the victim and charged a 24-year-old man after reports of a possible abduction in the City of Vaughan.
On Saturday, Nov. 2, at approximately 2:50 p.m., York Regional Police responded to the area of Barhill Road and Rutherford Road after several reports came in that a male suspect grabbed a female victim by the hair and threw her into a vehicle described as being a grey or silver Audi SUV.
Investigators located the vehicle along with the victim and the suspect at a residence in the City of Markham. The victim had minor injuries and the suspect was arrested for assault.
This was not a random incident and the victim and the suspect are known to each other.
Giancarlo Falquez-Merchan, 24, of Markham, has been charged with assault and breach of court order.
The accused will be appearing before the Ontario Court of Justice in Newmarket on Sunday, Nov. 3.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the York Regional Police #4 District Criminal Investigations at 1-866-876-5423, ext. 7441, or call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS, or leave an anonymous tip online at www.1800222tips.com.http://www.1800222tips.com
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