Tag: Home invasion
Man gets 20 months in jail for violent home invasion amid drug-fuelled spiral
A Sarnia judge said drugs like crystal meth do terrible things, even to healthy people with no prior mental health issues. But when people like John Keohan, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia about a decade ago, use them? âIt is like a spark to gasoline,â Justice Mark Poland said. âI couldnât agree more, your honour,â […]
Three sent to hospital after crash at rural intersection: Police
A two-vehicle crash sent three people to hospital on Monday morning, police in Oxford County say.
Third suspect arrested in October 2023 gunpoint robbery in Hanover
Police have arrested a third suspect in a home invasion and gunpoint robbery that occurred in Hanover more than a year ago. On Sunday, a man who was wanted in the relation to the robbery on Oct. 15, 2023 was arrested without incident by the Nottawasaga OPP, Hanover police said in a news release. Dan […]
It wasn’t a drone, it was a heron. And that thing it dropped? It was poop: Police
A police investigation in a small Southwestern Ontario town that was initially sparked by multiple reports of a drone dropping “an unknown substance” on homes, vehicles and properties has come to a more natural conclusion. It was a heron. And it was dropping feces. Police concluded that “no criminal activity had occurred.” The investigation started […]
Trio charged after shooting at east-end home: London police
Three people are facing weapons charges after a shooting early Saturday at a home in London’s east end. London police say three adults went to a home on Sanders Street, near Hamilton Road and Highbury Avenue, shortly after midnight on Saturday. One suspect knocked on the door and told the occupant they were looking for […]
Man with ‘unenviable’ record gets 2 1/2 years in latest brush with the law
The car showed up in front of a London retirement home at about 4 a.m. and was still there three hours later. That seemed suspicious, especially because there were two men sleeping in the front seats, to a concerned citizen, who called police. Police recognized the man strung out on fentanyl in the driverâs seat […]
London homeowner awakes to gun pointed at him in home invasion: Police
Four London men are facing criminal charges after what police are calling a violent home invasion in the city’s south end early Thursday.
Pedestrian seriously injured in collision in downtown St. Thomas
A pedestrian was sent to hospital after a collision in downtown St. Thomas Wednesday morning, police say. The pedestrian was seriously injured when they were struck by a vehicle on Talbot Street between White and Southwick streets just before 10 a.m., police said. No information about the driver and the circumstances leading to the collision […]
Wanted man arrested, charged in violent London home invasion
One suspect in a southeast London break-in during which two people were seriously injured has been arrested, police say.
Judge on violent attack: ‘Even a drug dealer has to be protected in society’
Does a drug dealer immersed in a dangerous subculture of violence deserve the same justice as a non-criminal?