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Toronto police search for "brown" male who attempted to take child from park

Police are asking for help in identifying a brown man with black hair who allegedly tried to walk away with a child who wasn’t his in Scarborough

Clayton DeMaine
Apr 03, 2026
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The Toronto Police Service is investigating after a man allegedly approached a child who was playing at Rosebank Park in Scarborough, grabbed the child by the hand and attempted to walk away with the child before leaving the park alone and on foot on Monday.

Police described the man as having brown skin, in his 20s, from 5’5’’ to 5’7’’ tall, a thin build, clean-shaven and with short black hair. The announcement said he was seen wearing a “black sweater with a smiley face.”

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