Tag: woman
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 […]
Police seeking suspect wanted in connection with St. Thomas homicide, arson
St. Thomas police have identified a suspect wanted in connection with a homicide and arson that occurred last week
With women dying at ‘alarming rate’ from violence, province urged to act
Advocates for abused women in the London area are urging the province to act in the wake of âunbearableâ intimate partner violence that has claimed the lives of several women in the last few weeks. A bill to declare intimate partner violence an epidemic in Ontario passed second reading at Queenâs Park and needs to […]
Woman charged in London-area crash that killed two people on motorcycle
A 46-year-old woman is charged with two counts of careless driving causing death in a crash west of London that killed two people on a motorcycle, Middlesex OPP said. The motorcycle collided with an SUV on Egremont Drive west of School Road in Adelaide Metcalfe at about 1:10 p.m. on Saturday, June 15, police said […]
Search enters fourth day for woman, 44, last seen in Woodstock
Monday marked the fourth day of a search by police for a Southwestern Ontario woman last seen in Woodstock
Daughter of writer Alice Munro details dark Huron County family secret
Editor’s note: This story includes details of child sexual abuse A daughter of Nobel laureate author Alice Munro has written a first-person essay in The Toronto Star detailing sexual abuse by her stepfather at their Huron County home and her motherâs decision to side with her husband over her child. In the piece, published Sunday, […]
16-year-old charged with careless driving in deadly crash
A teen faces traffic charges, including careless driving causing death, after a crash that killed a 17-year-old last month, provincial police say. Â