Media Releases

Detectives with the Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) 1 District Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) are requesting the public’s assistance in locating 14-year-old Miley CORDEIRO.

Miley was last seen August 27, 2025, in Welland, Ontario, and is known to have ties to Caledonia, Ontario.  Detectives have concern for her safety.

Miley is described as follows

• Female
• White
• 5 ft tall
• Slender build
• Long brown hair
• Blue eyes
•  Black sweatshirt
• Cargo style sweatpants
• Black adidas backpack
• Black shoes. 

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Miley CORDEIRO is asked to call the Niagara Regional Police Service at 905-688-4111, option 3, extension 1009703.

Niagara Falls, ON – Detectives with the Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) Sexual Assault Unit (SAU) would like to thank members of the public for their swift assistance in identifying a suspect involved in a sexual assault.

On Wednesday, August 27, 2025, at approximately 5:00 p.m., a youth male victim was groped by an unknown male while shopping with his mother inside a store located in the Town and Country Plaza on Portage Road (between Colborne Street and Huggins Street) in Niagara Falls.

Detectives with the Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) Collision Reconstruction Unit (CRU) continued their investigation into a collision that occurred on February 7, 2025, in Port Colborne, in which a pedestrian was struck.  That pedestrian later died of the injuries sustained in that collision.

On August 28, 2025, detectives charged a 39-year-old male from Port Colborne with Careless Driving Causing Death, contrary to the Ontario Highway Traffic Act section 130(3).

The male is scheduled to appear in court on a later date.

Niagara Falls, ON - Detectives with the Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) Sexual Assault Unit (SAU) are asking the for the public’s assistance in identifying a male suspect following a sexual assault.

On Wednesday, August 27, 2025, at approximately 5:00 p.m., a youth male victim was shopping with his mother inside a store located in the Town and Country Plaza on Portage Road (between Colborne Street and Huggins Street) when he was assaulted.

The victim was groped by an unknown adult male who then fled the store on foot. He was last seen running northbound through the plaza.

As summer comes to an end, students across Niagara will return to school on Tuesday, September 2, 2025. To mark the occasion, the Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) will be conducting its 25th annual Back-to-School Traffic Safety and Awareness Day.

This long-standing initiative brings together senior officers, members of specialty units, and uniform patrol officers to enhance traffic safety in and around school zones. This year, more than 50 additional officers will be deployed across Niagara as part of this important campaign.

On Wednesday, August 27, 2025, at approximately 1:30 a.m. uniform members of the Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) assigned to 8 District (Grimsby/Lincoln/West Lincoln) responded to a residence in the area of Concession Road 2 and Caistorville Road in West Lincoln for a reported mischief call.

The initial investigation determined that an unknown suspect arrived at an unoccupied residential address that was under construction on a motorcycle. The suspect walked around the area and smashed several of the residential windows.

On Sunday, August 24th, 2025, officers with the Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) 1 District (St. Catharines/Thorold) were dispatched to a Break and Enter call at a business on Geneva Street near Ted Street in St. Catharines.

Investigation revealed that a male broke into a building and stole several items including six firearms that were secured in a gun cabinet.  The gun cabinet was located nearby, empty.  The firearms have not been recovered.

Detectives with the 1 District Street Crime Unit (SCU) took carriage of the investigation and have identified males involved in this case.

Throughout August 2025, Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) detectives assigned to 2 District (Niagara Falls/Niagara-on-the-Lake) Street Crime Unit commenced an investigation into the distribution of illegal drugs.

On Tuesday, August 26, 2025, with the assistance of 3 District (Welland/Pelham) Street Crime Unit and the Emergency Task Unit, detectives received judicial authorization to execute a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act search warrant at a residence in Welland and two associated vehicles.

On Tuesday, August 26, 2025, at approximately 4:25 p.m., uniformed officers from the Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) 6 District (Port Colborne/Wainfleet) responded to reports of a single motor vehicle collision on Burnaby Road between Highway 3 and Lakeshore Road in Wainfleet.

Upon arrival, officers located a heavily damaged black 2017 Kia Sportage overturned in the east-side ditch. Both occupants were trapped inside the vehicle.

According to witness accounts, the Kia had been travelling northbound on Burnaby Road at a high rate of speed when it lost control. No other vehicles were involved.

St. Catharines, ON - The Niagara Regional Police Service (NRPS) is requesting assistance from the public in locating a suspect involved in a historical sexual assault investigation.

In July of 2025, Detectives with the NRPS Sexual Assault Unit (SAU) and Child Abuse Unit (CAU) became involved in an investigation in which a female youth victim was sexually abused by an adult male known to her.

As a result of the investigation, a suspect has been identified as Charlie RYAN, 20 years old, of St. Catharines, Ontario.  RYAN is accused of Sexual Assault and Sexual Interference.  RYAN’s whereabouts are currently unknown and CAU Detectives are asking for the public’s assistance in locating him.