Tag: Lambton OPP
Man who took part in blockade of border bridge, Highway 402 fined $2K
A Lambton County man who took part in blockading the Blue Water Bridge and a stretch of Highway 402 between London and Sarnia amid protests of pandemic-related restrictions pleaded guilty to mischief and was sentenced to two years of probation and fined $2,000.
ATV-riding couple killed in crash: Lambton OPP
A Petrolia-area couple died when their ATV collided with another vehicle in Lambton County Saturday, provincial police say.
Owner of seniors home facing sex assault, weapons charges
SARNIA — The owner of a Petrolia seniors’ home returns to court in September on charges including sexual assault, choking and illegally transferring firearms, court documents show.
Apologetic fentanyl dealer gets five years in prison
SARNIA – Before being whisked out of a Sarnia courtroom to start serving a five-year prison sentence for selling fentanyl, Alexander Bannon stepped up to the podium to say a few words. The 29-year-old Sarnia resident, who was caught in January 2021 with more than 47 grams of purple and green fentanyl powder worth nearly […]
One dead in crash that shutters part of Hwy. 402 near Sarnia
A section of Highway 402 was closed in Sarnia after a fatal single-vehicle collision early Friday.
‘I need to go to jail’: Church volunteer sentenced for sexually abusing stepdaughter
A Sarnia-area man, who admitted he needed to go to jail shortly after he was finally caught, was sentenced Tuesday to two years behind bars for sexually abusing his young stepdaughter.
Area drug dealer ‘terrified’ by police raid, sentenced to house arrest
SARNIA – Matthew Angus was terrified as police charged into his Watford home armed with a search warrant.
Police appear to be hunting third suspect in boilermaker’s ‘targeted’ killing
SARNIA – Two suspects linked to the “targeted” killing of a Sarnia tradesman have already been arrested, but police appear to be searching for at least one more suspect in the continually evolving case.
‘Tragedy all around’: Overworked nurse admits to texting before fatal crash
A nurse admitted she sent a text right before the vehicle she was driving on a rural road near Petrolia struck and fatally injured a young mother taking part in a childhood cancer research fundraiser. Melissa Miller’s lawyer said Wednesday in a Sarnia court her client was only texting for a brief moment that Saturday […]
Manslaughter charges dropped against parents in baby’s death
Manslaughter charges have been dropped against the parents of a Lambton County infant who died in 2020, but they’re both still facing charges of criminal negligence causing death. Police and paramedics were called to a home on Penrise Street in Mooretown for an unresponsive infant on Nov. 20, 2020. Nine-month-old Tressa MacPherson died that day. […]