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Police make arrest in latest London threat involving fake guns
A 39-year-old London woman is charged after police say a fake gun was pointed at people downtown â the second such incident in the city’s core this week
Man, 58, charged after bizarre downtown attack on woman’s vehicle, onlooker
A 58-year-old Londoner is facing charges after what police describe as a bizarre downtown incident involving a man keeping a woman he didn’t know from exiting a parking spot and then chasing another person with a rock. London police say it was just before 10:30 p.m. Wednesday when a woman was returning to her vehicle […]
Pair charged in London gun and drug bust
Two London residents face charges after police seized a gun and nearly $20,000 worth of drugs, provincial police say. Huron County OPP launched a drug investigation in March that led investigators to identify two suspects in London, the OPP said Thursday. OPP officers and London police tactical officers searched a home on Tuesday, seizing a […]
Southwestern Ontario man gets five years in prison for role in grisly killing
Drew Bliss, 39, has been sentenced to five years in prison.
Woman had not sought help before being shot dead by husband: Agency
A woman who was shot on a Woodstock street by her husband before he turned the gun on himself didn’t contact the cityâs domestic abuse services before the shooting, an official says
Brantford woman missing for five days found, reunited with family: Police
A Brantford woman who disappeared after she left work in Woodstock five days ago has been found and is safe, Brantford police said Wednesday evening. Jenny Da Silva is âsafe in the company of family,â police said in a news release. Police didn’t say where or when Da Silva was found. “(We) do not have […]
Chatham-Kent officer charged with assault, uttering threats
A Chatham-Kent police officer is charged with assault and uttering threats in an on-duty incident last month. Const. Fraser Curtis, who has been with the service for 14 years, is charged in an incident that occurred on June 26 in Chatham when he was on duty, Chatham-Kent police said Wednesday. Chatham-Kent police said it requested […]
Bank employee stole more than $500K to buy truck, travel, pay off credit card
SIMCOE â A former small-town bank employee who stole more than $500,000 will avoid jail after a judge here accepted a joint sentencing submission, though he admitted he wasn’t “in love” with it. Justice Gethin Edward agreed to a community sentence that allows Dana Studiman, 39, to live at home under a year-long curfew and […]
Friends rally to light up porches as search for missing mom continues
Friends on Tuesday urged residents across several Southwestern Ontario counties to leave their porch lights on overnight in support of the search for a 44-year-old mom who was last seen leaving work in Woodstock five days ago. Jenny Da Silva, a funeral director, left work in Woodstock at about 3 p.m. on July 5, last […]
London woman charged after replica gun pointed at drivers downtown
A 52-year-old London woman is charged after police say drivers reported having a gun pointed at them while travelling near downtown. London police say they were contacted at about 7 p.m. on Monday and told a woman was pointing a handgun near Wellington and Horton streets, just south of the core. One person was arrested […]