CTV News Montreal | Crime reporting

Montrealers heading out to enjoy the unseasonably beautiful weather on Sunday may have noticed more police than usual.

A drone was spotted near the federal penitentiary in Cowansville, about an hour southeast of Montreal, triggering a police operation.

A man in his 40s has been arrested in connection with a fire that completely destroyed a residence in Becancour, across the river from Trois-Rivieres in Quebec.

The Montreal police (SPVM) arson squad is investigating after firefighters discovered an incendiary object at the scene of a fire at a training facility in the early morning Sunday.

A man is in the hospital recovering after being stabbed Saturday night in Montreal North.

Montreal police are asking for the public's help locating a 17-year-old girl who has been missing since Feb. 26.

A man in his 70s died on Saturday after the backhoe he was driving overturned while he was clearing snow.

A body was discovered in the rubble of a residence that was destroyed by an explosion in Morin-Heights, in the Laurentians, about an hour north of Montreal 1

A Montreal man's fate will be in the hands of a jury in the coming days, at the conclusion of his murder trial on Friday. 1

Psychiatrists determined he couldn’t form a criminal intent because he was mentally unfit.

Montreal police say they have arrested a 66-year-old woman who is suspected of framing vulnerable members of Montreal's Latin American community, and they have reason to believe there are more potential victims.

Montreal police (SPVM) officers are going door-to-door in Dorval Thursday to see if they can find more information about gunshots Wednesday evening in an apartment building.

A snowmobiler died Wednesday evening, a few hours after hitting a tree in Mandeville, in the Lanaudiere region, about an hour-and-a-half northeast of Montreal.

A man was arrested after allegedly starting a fire at a hockey arena and then leading police on a car chase in St-Lin-Laurentides, about an hour north of Montreal. 1

On February 11, a man allegedly smashed the window of a residential basement on Rang du Haut-Saint-François, in the Duvernay district.

Police fear for the life of a man who was trapped under a snow shelter that collapsed near a private residence in Ste-Thérèse, in the Laurentians.

According to investigators, the woman called Laval police on Friday to report alleged death threats against her. 1

Montreal police are asking for the public's help locating a 15-year-old girl who has been missing since Friday.

Police obtained search warrants for two dwellings and three vehicles following the alleged break-in on Montpetit street.

Two women were charged Thursday in connection with a fraudulent pyramid scheme in Quebec.