Tag: Chatham-Kent police
OPP offer new details in ‘high-risk’ London takedown
A Hamilton man arrested in a âhigh-riskâ takedown across the street from London police headquarters is charged with forcible confinement, provincial police say. Officers responded to a reported disturbance in a vehicle on Hjghway 401 West about 10:30 a.m. Monday, Middlesex OPP said Tuesday. âThe OPP received a call from passengers in a vehicle that […]
Ex-employee pleads guilty to defrauding United Way of $300K
CHATHAM â A former United Way of Chatham-Kent employee has pleaded guilty to fraud after the local non-profit agency discovered it had been defrauded of more than $300,000. Veronica Whittal, 49, of Tilbury, entered a guilty plea in a Chatham court on Friday. An agreed statement of facts presented by assistant Crown attorney Kate Bailey […]
Student, 15, charged after ‘violence’ at high school: Police
A teenage student from a St. Thomas high school is facing an assault charge after a âviolent altercationâ sent another person to hospital, police say.
Police issue call for family DNA in long-forgotten search for missing men
Police are asking relatives of two Southwestern Ontario men who went missing while fishing more than 50 years ago to provide DNA samples.
Big rig crash closes rural road, sends driver to hospital: Police
A driver was taken to hospital after a crash on a Huron County road, Ontario Provincial Police say. Just before 5 a.m. Wednesday, OPP say that a vehicle collision resulted in the closure of Donnybrook Line between Bruce Road 86 and Zion Road, which is about 10 kilometres northwest of Wingham. A photo published online […]
New automated plate scanner helps recover stolen SUV in Owen Sound
The Owen Sound Police Service’s automated licence plate recognition technology (A.L.P.R) helped locate and recover a stolen 2023 Nissan Murano from the Chatham-Kent area this past week. According to a media release, officers utilized the A.L.P.R. to locate the vehicle that had been reported stolen to the Chatham-Kent Police Service in August. The Owen Sound […]
Accused killer pleads to lesser charge in Southwestern Ontario man’s death
A man originally charged with murder in the death of a Tilbury resident has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge.
Man seriously injured in east-end shooting, suspect at large: London police
Several bullet holes were visible in the front door of a unit in an public housing complex where a man was shot Wednesday afternoon. Emergency crews responded around 4:20 p.m. to a report of possible gunfire at a home on Boullee Street, north of Cheapside Street, where a man with a gunshot wound was taken […]
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 […]
Man charged with possessing child porn, resisting arrest
A St. Thomas man is charged with possessing and accessing child pornography following an investigation by London police. London police said they were made aware in June of an ongoing investigation by the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children and the National Child Exploitation Crime Centre involving a St. Thomas man. Members of the […]