Tag: drugs
Ex-Helix guitarist repeatedly threatened before he was killed: Detective
The text messages found on Daniel Fawcett’s cell phone appeared to leave a breadcrumb trail to follow to his final moments. There were weeks of conversations found by the police between Fawcett and an associate who was a friend of Craig Allan, 50, the man on trial for Fawcett’s death. Those final messages directed Fawcett […]
Arm wounds on woman lying in puddle indicated suspicious death: Officer
The officer wrote in his notes that he was being dispatched to a sudden-death occurrence that was “a possible fentanyl overdose.” But OPP identification Const. Rob Laaper testified Tuesday the death was deemed to be suspicious in nature because of wounds on the deceased’s arms. “Cut to the bone. No blood,” he wrote in his […]
Ex-Woodstock mayor to be retried on assault, sex assault counts
Trevor Birtch will head back to trial on only two of his three original charges related to his successful mistrial application.
Arrests made after high-value scotch snatched in Thornbury
Two suspects were arrested at the Blue Mountain ski hills after fleeing from police following the theft of liquor from the LCBO store in Thornbury. Just before noon on Sunday, officers from the Collingwood and the Blue Mountains OPP responded to a theft in progress, where two men entered the store and took numerous bottles […]
Baranyai: Politicians abandon evidence for ideology
We put our faith in evidence-based practices, because there’s a body of data supporting improved outcomes.