Tag: Sarnia police
17-year sentence sought for London dealer with 15 kg of fentanyl
Taymoor Pasha’s massive fentanyl stash – the largest fentanyl seizure in London history – has given the local courts a chance to draw a line in the sand in the ongoing war against opioids. “Put large-scale traffickers on notice to say traffic if you dare and risk decades of your life,” federal drug prosecutor Vince […]
We asked travellers to the U.S.: What about those tariffs?
The Free Press caught up with some travellers catching a flight to Florida from London International Airport on Friday afternoon
Southwestern Ontario criminal fails in bid to shake off dangerous offender tag
A Sarnia man’s appeal of his seven-year prison sentence and dangerous offender designation has been rejected by three judges in Ontario’s Appeal Court. Ronald Craig Hope, then 57, was arrested in May 2018 shortly after Sarnia police said he was wanted on charges including uttering threats to cause bodily harm and criminal harassment. He was […]
Londoner killed in two-vehicle crash north of city: OPP
A 37-year-old Londoner was killed in a crash north of London on Wednesday, police said. Two vehicles collided at about 5:40 p.m. on Richmond Street between Eight Mile and Nine Mile roads in Middlesex Centre, north of London, Middlesex OPP said. Three people were taken to hospital with unknown injuries. One of them, a 37-year-old […]
Two Oxford County residents lose $240K in scams: OPP
Oxford OPP are reminding the public that legitimate businesses and the government will not ask for payment with bitcoin or payment cards after two residents were defrauded of $240,000 in separate scams. Police said they were notified Monday that a resident of Zorra Township is out more than $200,000 after falling for a bitcoin scam, […]