Tag: St. Thomas Police
Man, 35, charged in arson at St. Thomas home
A 35-year-old St. Thomas man is facing arson charges after a fire at a home north of the city’s core, police say. Police were called to a home at 54 St. Catharine St. in St. Thomas on March 1 for reports of a fire. St. Thomas firefighters worked to extinguish the flames and help the […]
Cyclist suffers life-threatening injuries in hit-and-run: Police
Oxford OPP were searching on Friday for a suspect after a hit-and-run crash northeast of Woodstock left a cyclist with serious injuries. Police and paramedics were called to a fail-to-remain collision on Blandford Street in Innerkip at about 11 p.m. Thursday. A vehicle struck a cyclist and fled the scene before officers arrived, Oxford OPP […]
40-year-old man, teen charged in huge blaze at vacant warehouse
A 40-year-old man and a teenager are charged in a suspicious fire at a vacant warehouse in St. Thomas earlier this week, police said. A 40-year-old St. Thomas man is charged with arson and failing to comply with a probation order in the fire at the former Weatherhead Co. of Canada Ltd. property at 100 […]
Teen charged with assaulting police amid probe into beer theft
A teenager faces charges after a suspect in a beer theft assaulted a St. Thomas police officer, police say. Police were called on Wednesday at about 8:30 p.m. to a convenience store, where an individual took two cases of beer without paying, St. Thomas police said on Thursday. The suspect was located a short distance […]
Blaze in vacant warehouse deemed suspicious by police
A massive vacant warehouse fire in St. Thomas that sent black smoke billowing across the city is now under police investigation. “The fire has been deemed suspicious and is currently under investigation by our criminal investigation bureau,” St. Thomas police spokesperson Samanatha Wakefield said on Tuesday morning. The fire at the former Weatherhead Co. of […]