Tag: St. Thomas Police
Man charged after homeless person sexually assaulted: Police
A 33-year-old St. Thomas man is facing a sexual assault charge after a person was sexually assaulted while sleeping outdoors. St. Thomas police say the unidentified complainant was asleep in an open shed near the city’s downtown core, seeking shelter from the cold, when the sexual assault took place. The complainant and the accused were […]
Voyeurism charges after woman was recorded inside retail store: Police
A 55-year-old is charged with voyeurism after St. Thomas police say a woman was secretly filmed while inside a retail store
What’s driving increase in domestic violence reports in one area city?
St. Thomas police are reporting a significant increase in domestic violence cases and charges, averaging more than two calls a day in 2024 in a city of approximately 43,000 people. The department, which is dealing with an 11 per cent increase in domestic violence calls during the past three years, says the numbers do not […]
Individual sought in $140,000 email scam turns themselves in
A person sought by police in an alleged email scam that resulted in a loss of $140,000 for a St. Thomas business has turned themselves in
One dead, two hurt in Hwy. 402 crash near Strathroy
One person is dead and three are injured after a single-vehicle collision on the highway near Strathroy early Sunday. At around 2:40 a.m., Middlesex OPP officers, Strathroy firefighters, and Middlesex-London paramedics responded to the collision on Highway 402, west of Glendon Drive, police said. One person was confirmed dead at the scene while the three […]
Neighbour pays tribute to homicide victim whose brother is charged
The St. Thomas man killed last week is being remembered as an avid fisherman and âlarger than life personalityâ who lived for his children and grandchildren. A crowdfunding campaign has been launched to cover the funeral expenses of Jeffrey Mitchell, 60, who police said was killed on Dec. 12, last Thursday, after an altercation at […]
St. Thomas police probe suspicious overnight death
Investigators in St. Thomas are probing a suspicious death overnight in the city’s east end, police say. In a post to social media shortly after midnight on Friday, police announced they were investigating a death they deemed suspicious on Highview Drive in the city. Police warned of the extensive presence of officers throughout the night, […]
A shoplifted Snoop Dogg toy. A shaming online post. And then a surprise
After a Snoop Dogg figurine and other merchandise was stolen from a St. Thomas games store earlier this week, its owners scored when their Facebook post motivated two shoplifters to return the items a day later.
Family continues search for man missing for 16 months: ‘Left guessing’
Loved ones of a missing St. Thomas man continue searching for answers about what happened to him more than a year after he went missing.
Two suffer life-threatening injuries in London-area crash
Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is probing a two-car crash north of London late Saturday that sent three people to hospital, including two with life-threatening injuries. An officer attempted to stop a vehicle on Highway 4, near Croydon Drive, in Arva, shortly before 11 p.m. Saturday, Middlesex OPP said in a news release Sunday afternoon. […]