Tag: assault
Impaired driving charges after police stop motorcyclist, seize stun gun
A St. Thomas man is facing impaired driving and weapons charges after a motorcyclist was found with a taser during a traffic stop.
London police board spent $104K on PR firm to sell high-spending budget
The London police board paid a prominent public relations firm more than $100,000 to help sell its controversial high-spending budget earlier this year, according to documents obtained by The Free Press. One city councillor called it âdisturbingâ to learn the board used taxpayersâ money to win support from the public and politicians for the $672-million, […]
Appeal hearing held for London police officer convicted of sexual assaults
A London police officer has appealed his sexual assault convictions, asking that a court scrutinize a judgeâs analysis of witness credibility and the inclusion of what it says was âbad characterâ evidence at his trial. Lawyers for Eldin Omerovic, 27, made their arguments at a summary conviction appeal hearing on Thursday before Superior Court Justice […]
Search warrant leads to discovery of suspected drug laboratory in Walkerton
South Bruce OPP discovered a suspected drug lab at a Walkerton residence while investigating a report of an assault involving a firearm from earlier this week. South Bruce OPP received the report Monday evening. Two days later, the South Bruce OPP were assisted by the West Region Tactics and Rescue Unit (WR TRU) and the […]
Letters to the Editor: September 12, 2024
Slow response from the city
London man gets his wish for prison term after mini-crime spree
By the time London police found William Pieszchala hiding under a bed in a Base Line Road apartment, he had left a long trail of fresh crimes. A drone, pepper balls and a canine unit were needed to arrest him after his mini-crime spree late last year. Tuesday, Pieszchala, 34, of London pleaded guilty in […]
Police lay charges in hit-and-run that killed pedestrian
A 27-year-old Wallaceburg resident is charged after a Walpole Island First Nation resident was struck by a vehicle and killed, Ontario Provincial Police say. OPP officials in Lambton County say it was about 3 a.m. on Aug. 25 when a pedestrian was struck by a vehicle that then fled the scene. The pedestrian, a 47-year-old […]
Ex-Woodstock mayor blames female conspiracy for legal woes
The former mayor of Woodstock doesnât deny that he had little plastic baggies of white power with him most of the time. But Trevor Birtch, 49, insisted in his testimony at his second sexual assault trial in London that the powder was ground-up over-the-counter pain medication, not cocaine, that he would routinely snort for shoulder […]
Police probe ongoing after driver, 89, killed in rural crash
An elderly person from West Lorne was killed in a crash in Southwold Township, southwest of St. Thomas, police say.
Walpole Island filmmaker returns to Toronto International Film Festival
A filmmaker from Walpole Island First Nation has returned to the Toronto International Film Festival for the premiere of two of her projects.