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Post by Sher on May 24, 2005 13:14:11 GMT -5
CAYUGA, Ont. -- A woman who doused her car in gasoline and set it on fire as she drove down a rural road was in critical condition last night.
The woman is in a Hamilton hospital with what police are describing as self-inflicted injuries.
The 50-year-old Selkirk, Ont., woman stopped at a gas station in Cayuga just after 12.30 a.m. yesterday.
Attendant Laura Herkimer watched stunned as the woman pumped gas over her car, paid and then calmly drove away.
An ambulance crew that had been parked at a variety store across from the gas station followed the woman along Highway 3.
They were keeping an eye on her when the car burst into flame and sped off the road into a ditch, where it crashed into a tree
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Post by Sher on May 28, 2005 11:01:07 GMT -5
CORNWALL, Ont. -- A defence lawyer found himself hanging on to a client this week - literally.
Donald Johnson woke up after hearing somebody in one of his upstairs bedrooms.
The well-known lawyer, who is also a former Crown attorney, discovered a man rummaging through one of his bedrooms late Wednesday night.
The intruder fled down the stairs with Johnson in hot pursuit.
"I sleep in the nude, so he had an advantage," said Johnson with a laugh.
During a struggle in the living room Johnson managed to disarm the intruder - who was holding a knife - and pin him down until police, who were called by Johnson's wife, arrived.
The lawyer recognized the intruder's face because it belonged to one of his clients.
"I guess he didn't know it was my house," said Johnson.
At the police station, the suspect was asked if he wanted to call a lawyer.
"Apparently, he wanted to call me," said Johnson, "but that wouldn't have been a good idea."
Johnson said his wife is suggesting a new slogan for his law practice - "We defend and apprehend."
Cornwall resident Scott Best, 34, has been charged with break and enter.
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Post by Sher on Jun 3, 2005 9:14:49 GMT -5
PETERBOROUGH, Ont. -- About two dozen outlaw biker gang associates and two full-fledged Hells Angels were arrested and charged yesterday in early morning raids across the province.
The raids followed an 11-month investigation into an alleged drug-trafficking network in Peterborough and the surrounding area. The majority of the arrests occurred in Peterborough, but police also executed warrants in other southwestern and eastern Ontario locations, including London.
Police seized cocaine, ecstasy, marijuana, steroids, painkillers and drug paraphernalia, along with $50,000 in cash.
Among the 25 people charged is Hells Angels member Shawn Boshaw, 32, of London, who is charged with instructing the commission of an offence for a criminal organization.
Another current member of the Hells Angels, Michael McIlmurray, 37, of Keswick, was charged with breach of recognizance of bail.
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Post by Sher on Jun 24, 2005 13:22:08 GMT -5
BRAMPTON, Ont. -- The uncle of a young girl, allegedly pulled from a backyard pool, has been charged with murder in the girl's death.
Rashmeet Oshan, 3, was pronounced dead Tuesday morning shortly after emergency services were called to a home because of an apparent drowning in an inflatable pool.
The coroner ordered an autopsy and homicide investigators began an investigation Wednesday, Peel police said yesterday.
Devinder Singh, 37, has been charged with second-degree murder, police said.
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Post by Sher on Jun 25, 2005 13:49:41 GMT -5
KITCHENER, Ont. -- A Kitchener pastor was given a conditional discharge Friday for assaulting his daughter because she wasn't paying attention to his sermon.
Kitchener's Ontario Court heard that on Feb. 6, Marshall Wedderburn took his three daughters to a building where he was starting a new church.
The girls were reading their Bibles while their father began to preach a sermon.
When Wedderburn noticed that his 11-year-old daughter wasn't paying attention, he removed the cord from his microphone and used it to whack the girl on her thigh, causing a mark.
Wedderburn was placed on probation for one year, during which time he can't possess weapons and must continue counselling.
If he successfully completes the probation, he won't have a criminal record.
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Post by Sher on Jun 27, 2005 15:05:36 GMT -5
At least two dead in London, Ont. shooting
CTV.ca News Staff
At least two people were found dead and two police officers were wounded Monday after an early-morning shootout in a home in London, Ont.
The death toll could rise. Const. Jeff Arbing said there were "multiple deceased persons" in the home where five people lived, but would not elaborate.
"Beyond that, I can't get into any more details, as it is now an SIU investigation," he added.
The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) probes all incidents involving police and civilians that result in serious injury, sexual assault or death.
Neighbours say the home was shared by a man, a woman and three children under the age of 13.
A child had called 911 at about 2:30 a.m. ET to report an apparent assault. The police officers were hit by gunfire as they responded to the call and reportedly returned fire.
The officers suffered non-life threatening injuries to the upper body, and were taken to hospital for treatment.
There was also a fire at the home, located on a quiet residential street near the city's downtown core, police said.
Two firefighters reportedly suffered smoke inhalation and were taken to hospital for treatment.
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Post by Sher on Jun 27, 2005 15:27:14 GMT -5
WINDSOR, Ont. -- A 42-year-old Windsor man was charged yesterday with the first-degree murder of a young boy.
Police said Douglas Lambier called an ambulance Saturday morning from the apartment he shares with his girlfriend, who is the nine-year-old boy's grandmother.
When police arrived, they tried revive the boy and rushed him to the hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Lambier was also charged yesterday with sexual assault and sexual interference with a child under 14 for an incident involving another child this year, police said.
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Post by Sher on Jun 28, 2005 11:48:12 GMT -5
At least two dead in London, Ont. shooting CTV.ca News Staff At least two people were found dead and two police officers were wounded Monday after an early-morning shootout in a home in London, Ont. The death toll could rise. Const. Jeff Arbing said there were "multiple deceased persons" in the home where five people lived, but would not elaborate. "Beyond that, I can't get into any more details, as it is now an SIU investigation," he added. The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) probes all incidents involving police and civilians that result in serious injury, sexual assault or death. Neighbours say the home was shared by a man, a woman and three children under the age of 13. A child had called 911 at about 2:30 a.m. ET to report an apparent assault. The police officers were hit by gunfire as they responded to the call and reportedly returned fire. The officers suffered non-life threatening injuries to the upper body, and were taken to hospital for treatment. There was also a fire at the home, located on a quiet residential street near the city's downtown core, police said. Two firefighters reportedly suffered smoke inhalation and were taken to hospital for treatment. LONDON, Ont. -- By the time gunfire subsided in the early morning hours yesterday, four people were dead in a London, Ont., home. Two police officers were also wounded in a shootout as a man apparently held hostage and then killed a woman, her 13-year-old daughter and her five-year-old son. Police didn't identify the victims yesterday, but relatives confirmed that Halina Czuba, her 13-year-old daughter Julia and five-year-old son Michal died after gunfire erupted at their house about 2:30 a.m. The body of a man was also found inside the home. The province's Special Investigations Unit said the man, who hasn't been identified, died of a gunshot wound. Halina's husband, Jan, is a trucker who was in the United States at the time of the deadly shooting. "Jan is just devastated. He's in shock," Dominik Szymmanski, a relative who tutored the children, said yesterday. "They were all bright kids. It's just unbelievable that this could happen." What happened inside the house is still a mystery. "This is a very large tragedy, the details of which will unfold in the days to come," Const. Jeff Arbing said. The couple's third child, nine-year-old Joanna Czuba, knocked on at least three neighbours' houses trying to get help for her family. "She knocked on our door, it was a panicked knock," said a neighbour, who didn't give her name. When the woman's husband went outside to check who was at the door, he saw Joanna with a group of other neighbours. The child called 911 at 2:25 a.m. to report that someone was beating her mother. Two minutes later, two police officers approached the front door, when a shotgun blast from inside blew a hole through it, striking one officer in the shoulder and arm and grazing another officer's face. The officers returned fire, the SIU said. It's unclear whether the unidentified man died of a self-inflicted gunshot or from the exchange with police. Joanna and the neighbours were still outside when shots were fired and police ordered them into the neighbour's house. The girl was unhurt, said a woman. Joanna told a relative that the man was striking her mother's head against a floor. She didn't recognize the man, the woman said. Neighbour Ron Harper said he heard a sharp knock on his door around 2:30 a.m., but didn't think much of it. "Then I heard five shots and someone yell, 'I'll kill them all,' " he said. When Harper looked outside, he saw police hitting the house with a battering ram. "The next thing I know, I saw them (the officers) running back with two kids. They were pretty limp," he said. Dan and Tammy Strom were sleeping when police pounded on the door of their house and used it to monitor the brown brick bungalow across the street. Heavily armed tactical officers told the couple and their two frightened children to get in the basement and keep their heads down, said Dan Strom. "It was a little nerve-wracking," he said. "The police were in and out and then I heard, 'Freeze! London police.' " A 13-year veteran and rookie with one year on the force were injured by the shotgun blast. The constables were taken to hospital and later released. Besides the shot officers, two tactical officers were also treated for smoke inhalation after a small fire, believed to be arson, broke out. Police have been to the address before, sources confirmed, but would not say why. Dan Strom said his neighbours, the Czubas, were a quiet, friendly Polish family who didn't speak much English. They had lived at the house for about 15 years. A grandmother also lived there. Relatives said she was in Poland and is expected back today. |
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Post by Sher on Jul 8, 2005 2:39:47 GMT -5
CHATHAM, Ont. -- A man accused of murdering a southern Ontario toddler will be back in court July 13 after a brief hearing yesterday.
Shawn Palmer, 36, appeared in court via an audio link, accused of first-degree murder in the mysterious disappearance of 22-month-old Donovan Clubb.
Palmer was charged after the remains of a small child were found Sunday in a wooded area of Cambridge, Ont.
Donovan was last seen more than a week ago and police have focused their investigation on a cottage north of Toronto.
Palmer is the former boyfriend of the child's mother, Courtney Catton, 21.
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"His future was going to be so bright," Catton said Tuesday through tears. "I was going to make so sure of it."
"He was my life. I didn't have anything but that child."
An autopsy Monday failed to determine the child's cause of death.
Waterloo police say it may take months before toxicology and tissue tests can pin down what happened.
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Post by Sher on Jul 15, 2005 15:39:05 GMT -5
OAKVILLE, Ont. -- Halton police have expanded their search for a dismembered woman's missing body parts beyond the condo where some of her remains were discovered Monday.
An Ontario Provincial Police dog trained to find human remains was brought in yesterday to search part of the massive Halton landfill in Milton, Ont., and a construction site just west of the building where police found the woman's remains in a 12th floor penthouse unit.
Police also continued their probe at the condo building where the badly deteriorated and dismembered human remains were found.
George Arsoniadis, 28, of Toronto, is charged with second-degree murder.
Police said he began renting the unit when he moved to the area about two weeks ago.
The dead woman's name has not been released. Police said she is a member of Arsoniadis's family, but not his spouse.
Police arrested the man in the unit Monday when officers went to the door to investigate a neighbour's complaint about the smell of rotting flesh.
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Post by Sher on Sept 12, 2005 14:39:56 GMT -5
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. -- A man wanted in the shooting of an eight-year-old boy killed as he slept in his bed surrendered yesterday after a standoff with cops.
Brian Stephen Daniel, 29, was taken into custody after police received a tip about his location. A tactical unit shut down the street and surrounded the residence while an officer told Daniel by phone how to surrender, said Niagara Region Det. Sgt. Cliff Sexton.
A .45-calibre Ruger handgun was seized in the residence, police said.
Daniel is charged with criminal negligence causing death after a bullet came from the apartment above Jordan Smith, went through the bedroom ceiling and struck the boy in the back.
"I don't know what the odds are of that happening, but what we are saying is that it is totally reckless, and a tragedy," said Det. Sgt. Cliff Sexton.
The boy was rushed to hospital, where he was pronounced dead. He and his mother Alicia Simser had lived in the apartment for the last five years.
"He was an awesome guy. I liked him a lot," said Brody Zgazar, one of Jordan's playmates.
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Post by Sher on Nov 9, 2005 8:15:27 GMT -5
GUELPH, Ont. -- Rape charges were dropped against a southern Ontario man yesterday after it was suggested that one of the complainant's "alternate personalities" had consented to the sexual contact.
The accused, who cannot be named to protect the complainant's identity, had been charged with sexual assault and break, enter and commit sexual assault.
A 41-year-old woman testified she had taken a tranquillizer to help her sleep before going to bed the early morning of July 3, 2004.
A few hours later, the woman said, she believed she was having an erotic dream about a former boyfriend. But the woman said when she awoke, the accused was lying on top of her and had penetrated her.
The woman, who suffers from a multiple-personality disorder, said she repeatedly asked the man to leave and finally he did.
The Crown withdrew the charges in exchange for the accused signing a peace bond.
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