Tag: Sarnia courts
No-show charge dropped as convicted Sarnia boxer starts 30-month sentence
A charge of skipping a court hearing and briefly going on the lam is dropped against him, Sarnia competitive boxer Blake Loxton found out on the first day of his 30-month sentence for sexually interfering with a young intoxicated girl.
Sarnia police officer convicted of breach of trust for repeatedly fondling parolee
A Southwestern Ontario woman initially looked forward to her weekly meetings with Christopher Noordam, the Sarnia police officer supervising her release on parole.
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.
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.
‘Pain was off the charts’: House arrest for striking neighbour with hammer
A Sarnia woman wasn’t able to see her daughter or grandson last Christmas, but not because of any pandemic-related rules about social gatherings. She refused to see them because just one week earlier she’d been smacked in the face with a hammer by her neighbour, John Proctor. “I cannot put them through the trauma of […]
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 […]
Judge rips driver’s ‘nonsensical’ testimony, convicts him in brutal crash
SARNIA – Noah Bristol testified he knew Clayton Ball was briefly hanging on the side of the pickup truck he had abruptly borrowed, but claimed he had no idea the young Sarnia father had fallen off or was hurt. But Bristol’s testimony near the conclusion of a lengthy trial was a major reason a Sarnia […]
‘It was a poor choice’: Man rescued by police, firefighters after climbing construction crane
A Sarnia man has picked up another strange conviction.
Sarnia drug dealer ‘speechless’ over animal cruelty conviction
Nicholas Bailey had trouble finding the right words.
Father fined for flouting COVID rules at Sarnia’s Canada-U.S. border crossing
SARNIA – A father who encouraged his family to ignore border testing rules when returning from the U.S. to Canada at the Sarnia-area crossing has been slapped with a $1,500 fine.