Tag: London Police
Police seize 6,000 pot plants after alert from Health Canada
Police seized thousands of pot plants and more than 300 kilograms of cannabis from a property southwest of St. Thomas.
Man tries to disarm officers while being arrested at bank: Police
A man causing a disturbance at a bank resisted officers as they tried to arrest him and grabbed at their equipment, London police said. Police responded at about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday to bank on Hyde Park Road south of Fanshawe Park Road where a man was causing a disturbance. Officers located a suspect in the […]
Police chief met with hate-crime researcher who reported racist attack in London
Londonâs police chief recently travelled to Ottawa to meet with a hate-crime researcher who accused police of mishandling her complaint about being targeted in an alleged racist attack while attending the sentencing of Nathaniel Veltman earlier this year.
Crown urges maximum sentence for ‘worst offender’ in devastating stabbing
When he was sentenced the first time for a violent stabbing, the family of Michael Postâs victim urged the Crown to lock him away âfor a very long time.â
Speeding driver flees from police, tries to hide in parking lot
A 19-year-old faces multiple charges after a driver clocked going nearly twice the speed limit on a London street tried to hide in a parking lot, police say. Officers conducting traffic enforcement in the area of Wharncliffe Road South and Legendary Drive detected a vehicle travelling at 118 kilometres an hour in an 60 km/h […]
Who are these guys? Police seek help naming duo arrested but still unidentified
Police in Sarnia are asking the public to help identify two men whose names investigators still don’t know even after they were arrested amid a probe into allegations a homeowner was asked to pay for eavestrough work that wasn’t done. Police say two men went to a home on Franklin Avenue in Sarnia on Monday […]
Two charged after London police seize gun, drugs, cash from wrong-way vehicle
Two men face charges after London police seized a loaded gun and drugs during a traffic stop. Officers conducted a traffic stop after spotting a vehicle travelling north in the southbound lanes of a construction zone near Wellington and Southdale roads shortly before 10 p.m. on Sunday, police said. Drug packaging was visible inside the […]
Woman suffers life-threatening injuries after being struck by vehicle
A woman was fighting for her life in hospital after a vehicle struck her Monday night in London, police say. Emergency crews were called shortly after 8 p.m. to Huron and Adelaide streets in northeast London for a collision involving a pedestrian, police said Tuesday. The female pedestrian was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries […]
Fentanyl dealer who dodged manslaughter charge gets house arrest
The smudging ceremony in the courtroom before Craig French was sentenced for fentanyl trafficking aimed to honour ancestors and cleanse bodies and minds. The ceremony is rarely seen in the Superior Court of Justice. Before it began, there was an explanation how the Indigenous ceremony was considered to be âsacred medicine and enlightenmentâ for all […]
Man charged with attempted murder after fire attack on grandfather
A London man is charged with attempted murder for allegedly trying to set his grandfather on fire outside the family home in the cityâs auto wrecker district.