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Offering a free case evaluation and available 24/7, Arun S. Maini and The Defence Group are ready to prepare your criminal defence. If you are under police investigation, or charged with a criminal offence, we can help.

Richmond Hill Criminal Defence Lawyer

Once known as the “rose capital of the world”, Richmond Hill is a fast growing town of almost 200,000 people in York Region, in the northern section of the Greater Toronto area and the Golden Horseshoe. Richmond Hill is ethnically diverse and multicultural, with a large East Asian and Chinese population.

Richmond Hill is affluent, with its economy driven by small businesses.

Richmond Hill Courthouse

The Regional Municipality of York encompasses Vaughan, Woodbridge, Markham, Richmond Hill, Newmarket, Thornhill, Unionville, Aurora, and King Township. It is a huge region, covering some 1,800 square kilometres from Lake Simcoe to the City of Toronto. Together, this regional municipality is home to a population of over one million people, and growing fast. The headquarters for the Regional Municipality of York is located at 17250 Yonge St. in Newmarket. Before 1992, the Council was located at 50 Eagle St. West, which is now the courthouse for York Region. The Town of Richmond Hill is run from its Town Council at 225 East Beaver Creek Drive, near Highways 7 and 404.

 

Richmond Hill is policed by the York Regional Police Service (YRPS), one of Canada’s largest, whose Headquarters is located at the same address as the Regional Council, 17250 Yonge St. in Newmarket.

 

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Notably, the headquarters of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is also located in York Region, in Aurora. The YRPS polices Richmond Hill from its #2 District detachment at 171 Major MacKenzie Drive West.

 

The crime rate in Richmond Hill has been falling in recent years, in keeping with national trends. In 2012, the rate of crimes against persons in York Region was 597 per 100,000 people, and the rate of crimes against property was 1,856 per 100,000. DUI/drinking and driving offences comprise 79 per 100,000 people, a significant drop from 2011. (source: YRPS).

Newmarket is the site of the courthouse for York Region. The Newmarket courthouse, located at 50 Eagle St. West, is the site of the Ontario Court of Justice and the Superior Court of Justice.

 

To serve clients in Richmond Hill and York Region, the Defence Group’s Vaughan office

 

is located near the Vaughan Mills Shopping Centre, at 400 Applewood Drive (The Deloitte Building), Suite 100. We serve clients in Vaughan, Woodbridge, Newmarket, Richmond Hill, Markham, Thornhill, and surrounding areas in the north of the GTA.

The Richmond Hill criminal defence lawyer at The Defence Group are available to advise and defend you throughout York Region. We defend all criminal offences, including domestic assault, sexual assault, DUI and impaired driving, youth court/young offenders, bail hearings, fraud, drug offences, and Charter of Rights violations.

We offer a free consultation, flexible payment plans and reasonable fees, and the best criminal defence anywhere.

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About Arun S. Maini, Criminal Defence Lawyer

Arun S. Maini, Barrister and Solicitor

Arun S. Maini has practised criminal law since 1995. He graduated from the University of Toronto and Dalhousie University Law School. After completing his articles at a Bay St. law firm, Mr. Maini joined the federal Department of Justice as a prosecutor of drug trafficking, tax evasion and immigration fraud cases in Toronto, Vancouver, and Brampton. In 1999, Mr. Maini transferred to the provincial Crown Attorney’s Office in Brampton, where he prosecuted all manner of criminal offences, from theft to murder. In 2003, Mr. Maini left the government to establish The Defence Group. Mr. Maini handles all criminal and regulatory offences. He has prosecuted and defended hundreds of cases, and has extensive jury trial experience. Mr. Maini has taught advocacy and criminal law at The Advocates’ Society, the Law Society and at Osgoode Hall Law School. See Arun’s mentions in the CBC, the Toronto Star and the National Post.

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