Tag: crime
Friends rally to light up porches as search for missing mom continues
Friends on Tuesday urged residents across several Southwestern Ontario counties to leave their porch lights on overnight in support of the search for a 44-year-old mom who was last seen leaving work in Woodstock five days ago. Jenny Da Silva, a funeral director, left work in Woodstock at about 3 p.m. on July 5, last […]
London woman charged after replica gun pointed at drivers downtown
A 52-year-old London woman is charged after police say drivers reported having a gun pointed at them while travelling near downtown. London police say they were contacted at about 7 p.m. on Monday and told a woman was pointing a handgun near Wellington and Horton streets, just south of the core. One person was arrested […]
Police seeking suspect wanted in connection with St. Thomas homicide, arson
St. Thomas police have identified a suspect wanted in connection with a homicide and arson that occurred last week
Defence zeros in on police probe of shooting at dog breeder’s trial
ST. THOMAS â The tactic of the defence at a former dog breederâs retrial appears to be to turn the focus away from the accused and put it primarily on the conduct of the police. The witnesses called Monday at the Superior Court trial of Boris Panovski, 80, were police officers involved in the investigation […]
Search enters fourth day for woman, 44, last seen in Woodstock
Monday marked the fourth day of a search by police for a Southwestern Ontario woman last seen in Woodstock
South Bruce OPP ask for help in locating missing man
The South Bruce OPP is asking for help locating a 60-year-old Bruce County man missing since Monday. Tim was last seen on Goderich Street in Saugeen Shores at noon on Canada Day. He’s described as 5’9″ tall with a thin build. He wears eyeglasses and has a white mustache. Police say Tim is possibly driving […]
One dead, one injured following Woodstock shooting: Police
One person is dead and another in hospital following a Thursday night shooting in Woodstock, police in the Southwestern Ontario city say.
Sims: ‘Very rare’ murder charge against 13-year-old has eerie precedent
By all accounts, he is a criminal justice system anomaly. Rarely has someone as young as the 13-year-old male youth who makes his second court appearance in a Goderich courtroom Friday faced the most serious crime in Canadian law. The Central Huron youth was charged this week after police were called Tuesday to an area […]
Man recalls hearing gunshot amid fire, seeing injured woman
Wayne Pellett was sleeping in his apartment Wednesday when his dog started barking and he awoke to his room filled with smoke and flames.
Meaford residents charged in theft of furniture, appliances at Airbnb
Two Meaford residents have been charged after a police investigation into a reported theft from a property in Clearview Township that had been rented as an Airbnb. On March 16, members of the Huronia West detachment of the OPP responded to a report of a man and woman who had rented an Airbnb and stole […]