Tag: charges
Accused was ‘a dupe’ in killing of drug dealer: Defence lawyer
The woman on trial for the first-degree murder of a drug dealer whose body was found in a barrel near the Thames River was used as a “dupe” for the actual perpetrators of the crime, defence counsel said Wednesday. Defence counsel for Ashley Bourget, who pleaded not guilty in the death of Grant Norton, a […]
Man charged with arson in fire that disrupted Western University exams
London police have charged a man with arson following a fire that disrupted exams at Western University. Emergency crews were called to campus around 2:30 p.m. on April 24 to reports of a fire at the Social Sciences Centre, where firefighters doused a blaze, police said. Nobody was injured. Investigators ruled the fire suspicious and […]
ACW resident arrested in Lucknow following OPP traffic stop
An Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh resident is facing multiple charges after being stopped by police in Lucknow. Just before 1 a.m. on April 27, a South Bruce OPP officer stopped a vehicle travelling along Campbell Street and, through that interaction, the driver was placed under arrest and transported for further testing, according to an OPP news release. The […]
“The officer had control the whole time”: testimony begins in murder trial of former GRPD officer
Jurors in a Grand Rapids courtroom heard from the first witnesses Monday in the long-awaited trial of a former police officer charged with murdering a man in 2022.
Bush party killer to serve minimum 16 years for ‘senseless’ murder
Carlos Guerra Guerra was sentenced to life with no chance of parole for 16 years for fatally shooting Josue Silva at a London bush party