Tag: assault
SIU discontinues investigation, says man broke heel jumping out apartment window
The province’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is discontinuing an investigation into how a 30-year-old man suffered a fractured heel in an incident involving the Owen Sound Police Service. SIU Director Joseph Martino issued a news release Tuesday that said the independent civilian agency with a mandate to investigate incidents involving police where there has been […]
Baranyai: Sex assault cases wear everyone down
Salacious details can harm the dignity of victims and witnesses, as well as defendants who are later acquitted.
No police fault in snowplow, cruiser crash that injured two: Watchdog
Ontario’s police watchdog has closed its investigation into a collision involving a cruiser and a snowplow that injured two snowmobilers north of Wingham three months ago. Ontario Provincial Police in Huron County shut down the southbound lanes of London Road during a winter storm on Feb. 17. An officer had pulled over and activated the […]
One person riding the e-bike lost control and crashed on PerthLine 42 at about 10 p.m. on May 15, Perth County OPP reported.
A person riding an e-bike who was injured in a crash near Stratford has died, provincial police say. The rider lost control and crashed on Perth Line 42 in Perth East about 10 p.m. May 15, Perth OPP said. Perth East is a township of about 13,000 north of Stratford. A 30-year-old Perth East resident […]
Hockey Canada trial: Crown presses to enter NHLer’s text as evidence
Brett Howden doesn’t have a clear memory of what happened in Room 209 of the Delta Armouries hotel in London, but remembered “just feeling uncomfortable.” The Vegas Golden Knights player, who began his testimony on Tuesday, was in Michael McLeod’s hotel room with teammates on June 19, 2018, where a woman says she was sexually […]