Tag: Arson
Murder charges after house fire that killed Southwestern Ontario native
SAULT STE. MARIE – A man who died in a house fire that police say was deliberately set almost exactly two years ago – resulting in the recent arrests of three people – was originally from Southwestern Ontario, according to his obituary. Dwayne Kozuch previously lived in the Oxford County communities of Otterville and Woodstock, […]
‘Really unsettling’: Whatâs behind a rural rash of suspicious fires?
Four vacant houses. At least six barns or storage sheds. All burned to the ground within two months under what police in Norfolk County are calling “suspicious” circumstances.
London man charged with setting two fires Sunday: Police
A 43-year-old London man faces arson charges in a pair of fires Sunday in a neighbourhood near Greenway Park. London firefighters extinguished a fire outside a shed on Pinewood Drive at around 9:30 p.m. Sunday, London police said. While crews were on scene they saw smoke coming from inside a nearby house and put that […]
Man charged with attempted murder after fire attack on grandfather
A London man is charged with attempted murder for allegedly trying to set his grandfather on fire outside the family home in the cityâs auto wrecker district.
London man charged after vehicle torched, owners threatened
A London man is facing a series of charges after a person set a vehicle on fire at a home in the city’s east end and threatened residents.
Fire-hit Wortley Village building needs engineer’s assessment: City hall
A historic Wortley Village building appears to have dodged a date with a wrecking ball.
Four people sent to hospital, three cats rescued in London house fire
Four people were taken to hospital after fire struck a home near the intersection of Hamilton and Egerton roads east of downtown London on Wednesday morning.
Man, 41, charged after stolen vehicle flees from police in downtown London
A London man faces a raft of charges after police say an individual was seen driving dangerously downtown in a stolen vehicle with a fake licence plate.
Man, 75, charged with arson in $2M Wortley Village fire
Police have charged a 75-year-old man with arson following a middle-of-the-night fire that caused $2-million damage to a historic building in London’s Wortley Village neighbourhood.
Judge jails man for church arson at Saugeen in 2020
A judge sentenced Emric Thompson to 18 months in jail for arson and mischief to a church at Saugeen First Nation in 2020. Superior Court Justice Roger Chown’s sentence, imposed in Walkerton on Nov. 27, included enhanced credit for presentence custody, leaving 184 days or just more than six months to serve in custody. He […]