Tag: St. Thomas Police
Some residents advised to leave as fire rages in vacant factory
ST. THOMAS – A raging fire in a vacant factory sent thick black plumes of smoke into the air and drew onlookers from across the city on Monday. The fire at the former Weatherhead Co. of Canada Ltd. plant at 100 Woodworth Ave. began at about 4 p.m. About 50 to 60 St. Thomas firefighters […]
Man suffers serious injuries in weekend shooting: London police
London police were investigating a shooting that left a man with serious injuries. Officers were notified a man had arrived at a local hospital with a serious but non-life-threatening gunshot wound shortly after 8:30 a.m. on Saturday. The investigation is in its early stages, police say, and investigators are asking anyone who may have information […]
Third person charged in fiery death of St. Thomas woman
A 50-year-old man facing charges of manslaughter and arson is the third person charged in the death of a St. Thomas woman last summer, police say. Victoria Dill, 40, died in hospital after she was found with a gunshot wound near the scene of a fire at an apartment at 20 Hiawatha St. in St. […]
$100K in drugs, $45K in cash seized, three charged: Police
Three people face multiple drug-related charges after searches at two residences in London and one in St. Thomas yielded $100,000 worth of suspected narcotics, including crack cocaine and fentanyl, police said. A series of searches that began Tuesday at 5 a.m. uncovered unspecified quantities of suspected drugs including cocaine, psilocybin, oxycodone, fentanyl, crack cocaine and […]
SIU probes London-area crash involving suspected stolen vehicle
Ontario’s police watchdog is investigating a two-vehicle crash involving a suspected stolen vehicle southwest of London that sent one person to hospital. Middlesex OPP were investigating an incident involving a suspected stolen vehicle on Melbourne Road, just southeast of Melbourne, at approximately 7:20 a.m. Saturday, police said. The vehicle was then involved in a two-vehicle […]