Tag: Arson
Man, 38, charged in $250K Old East Village blaze
A 38-year-old man is charged after fire tore through a vacant building along Dundas Street in London’s Old East Village, police say. The fire, deemed an arson by police, did an estimated $250,000 in damage, police said. Fire crews were called at about 10 a.m. Wednesday to the building at 737 Dundas St., on the […]
Five injured in crash southwest of London
Five people were injured in a crash Thursday morning southwest of London.
Police lay attempted murder and arson charges in Southampton fire case
Saugeen Shores police charged a man with attempted murder and arson as the result of a residential fire in Southampton last month. According to a Saugeen Shores Police Service media release, police and the Saugeen Shores Fire Department responded to a residential fire at 2:15 a.m. on Sept. 26. Investigators determined the cause of the […]
Fire hits vacant Old East Village building weeks after $800K arson
A second fire has broken out at the same Old East Village building hit by arson in September.
London police launch hate-crime probe after woman in hijab confronted, assaulted
A woman in a hijab was confronted by a man “yelling derogatory comments” who later assaulted her and two bystanders, London police say â an incident that has unnerved local Muslim leaders and that investigators are treating as a possible hate crime. London police say it was about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday when the incident happened […]
Police issue new details amid search for suspect in $800K Old East arson
London police have released a photo of a suspect in an Old East Village arson earlier this month amid their continued effort to identify him.
Man charged in fatal five-vehicle crash refuses to attend bail hearing
A Port Dover man charged with attempted murder and dangerous driving causing the death of a mother of five refused to participate in a virtual bail hearing on Friday. Brandon James Moore, 40, faces at least five charges in a multi-vehicle collision that occurred on Highway 6 near Port Dover on Sept. 14. Three motorcycles, […]
Teens charged in London store robbery, assault: Police
Four teens charged in London store robbery and assault Four London teenagers are charged after a north London store was robbed and an employee assaulted, police say. Four teenagers entered the undisclosed business on Adelaide Street North near Cheapside St. just before 7 p.m. Wednesday. Property was stolen and the employee assaulted before the teens […]
Man guilty of arson in one Saugeen church fire
A jury found Emric Thompson guilty Thursday of arson and mischief at one of three churches which caught fire four years ago at Saugeen First Nation. Thompson, who was 49 and of Saugeen First Nation when charged, was found guilty of arson at the Church of Jesus Christ, at 379 Scotch Settlement Rd., and mischief […]
Man accused of attempted murder in post-crash melee remains in custody
A man accused of attempted murder over a melee that occurred after a multi-vehicle crash that left one woman dead remains in custody, though police were releasing little information about the incident near the Southwestern Ontario beach town of Port Dover. Const. Andrew Gamble, spokesperson for the Ontario Provincial Police in Norfolk County, said two publication […]