Tag: woman
Careless driving charge after vehicle rollover in Owen Sound
An Owen Sound woman has been charged with careless driving after a rollover on the city’s east side on Wednesday. Owen Sound police said a vehicle was travelling north on 7th Avenue East from 16th Street East when it struck a parked vehicle and rolled over onto its passenger side. The driver was taken by […]
Bruce County Memories – Olympic gold medallist settled in Teeswater
When Teeswater became home to “the world’s first great woman swimmer” you’d think she might talk about her past life. Yet she shrugged off her accomplishments. Her daughter Betty Smith said, “She was so modest, and if her career was discussed, she’d say, ‘Oh, that was a long time ago and I did it because […]
Friends express pride, grief, regret at memorial for slain London woman
A London woman who died on the weekend was remembered Tuesday by friends as someone who was caring and whose life was going in the right direction after living on the streets for years. Dozens of people attended the memorial for Cheryl Sheldon on Tuesday night at the Central Branch of the London Public Library. […]
Man, teens accused in separate London homicides appear in court
The three people accused in two unrelated weekend homicides in London made brief court appearances Tuesday and will remain in custody while they secure legal representation.
Hanover police charge woman with obstructing justice
Hanover police arrested a Hanover woman for allegedly attempting to influence a Crown witness early Sunday morning. Police arrested a 23-year-old woman after finding her at 1:45 a.m. walking with someone that she wasn’t supposed to communicate with under terms of the woman’s release on bail. “Further investigation determined the female suspect had attempted to […]
Man receives conditional sentence for aggravated assault
A 62-year-old Owen Sound man pleaded guilty to aggravated assault for pushing a 38-year-old woman down the fire escape at his apartment and he received an 18-month conditional sentence. Austin Soucoup pleaded guilty and was sentenced June 17 in Owen Sound’s Superior Court of Justice, court staff confirmed. Soucoup’s lawyer, Anya Shahabi, confirmed her client […]
Arson, hit-and-run, weapons probe all linked: London police
A suspicious fire, a weapons investigation and a hit and run are all connected and resulted in charges against two men and a woman from London, police say.
Neighbours stunned by woman’s slaying, decry violence in public housing
Neighbours at a London public housing apartment building are expressing grief over the death of a 62-year-old woman in what police say was the city’s third homicide of the year.
Man charged with second-degree murder in 62-year-old woman’s death
A 44-year-old man is charged with second-degree murder in London’s third homicide of 2024 â one of two to occur this weekend. London police have said it was about midnight on Friday when officers were called to an apartment building near the Wharncliffe-Western roads intersection following reports of a medical emergency. Police say officers found […]
Vigil held for London teen killed two days after high school graduation
More than a dozen people held a vigil Saturday night to mourn an 18-year-old Londoner who graduated high school only two days before being killed, with grieving friends remembering him as a friendly and energetic young man. Abdul Hashim, known to his friends as âZeko,â died Friday night after he was stabbed in the parking […]