Priest accused of theft has $350,000 put away for retirement
At age 43 — with hundreds of thousands in retirement savings — Rev. Robert Couture was already talking about being able to retire comfortably. “I was moving in that direction,” Couture, 53, testified...
View ArticleWindsor man faces drug charges
A 46-year-old Windsor man is facing a number of charges after Windsor police seized a quantity of weed and a pellet gun. Officers with the Windsor police drug and gun enforcement unit with assistance...
View ArticleEssex County OPP search for car wash thief
Essex County OPP are asking for help to track down a person who stole coins from a car wash cash box in Harrow. Police said the person gained access to the cash box, on the outside of the Kings Car...
View ArticleSword-wielding assailant pleads guilty in Leamington assault
A Leamington man was sentenced Monday to six more months in jail for a bar room brawl that evolved into a sword fight. Cesar Cubias-Gonzalez, 30, had been drinking at Crazy Moe’s bar in Leamington on...
View ArticleWindsor police investigate pharmacy robbery
Windsor police are investigating a Monday night robbery at a pharmacy in the 300 block of Tecumseh Road East. Sgt. Corey Balkwill said no one was injured after a masked, lone male robbed the pharmacy...
View ArticlePolice seek knife-wielding convenience store robber
Police are searching for a knife-wielding man who robbed a convenience store in Windsor Wednesday night. Police said he entered the Elias Convenience store at 61 Shepherd St. E. around 6 p.m. with his...
View ArticleWindsor police name shooting suspect, second victim still in critical condition
Windsor police on Christmas Day wrapped up their investigation at the scene of a shocking double shooting two days earlier that killed one man and left another in critical condition. Dia Hanan, 32, of...
View ArticlePolice investigate serious assault at Windsor west side motel
Police are investigating after a man was seriously assaulted overnight at a west side motel. Staff Sgt. Dave Kigar said the man sustained head and rib injuries and was taken to hospital. He is not...
View ArticleTwo brothers get jail time for cocaine possession
Two brothers who were caught with cocaine were sentenced to jail time Thursday morning. Superior Court Justice Kirk Munroe sentenced Bela John Semenski to two years in custody. Semenski was found with...
View ArticleWindsor police investigate mysterious downtown blood puddle
Call it a bloody mystery. Windsor police are investigating how a puddle of blood appeared on a downtown sidewalk in front of Weeks Jewellers sometime overnight Friday. Officers were called to the scene...
View ArticleWindsor police recover treasured autographed hockey jerseys
The Windsor Minor Hockey Association‘s wall of framed, autographed jerseys will be complete once more — including the irreplaceable jersey bearing Bob Probert’s signature. On Friday, Windsor police...
View ArticleWindsor police takedown three males from Toronto area
Three out-of-town males — two from Toronto, one from Brampton — are in custody facing drug charges after Windsor police stopped their vehicle on Thursday afternoon. The arrests were part of a...
View ArticleWindsor pair face multiple arson charges
Two Windsor men are facing multiple charges related to a pair of arson fires in the city last year. Nidal Hamade, 38, and Eric Bilek, 21, have been charged in relation to an October fire in the 1100...
View ArticleWindsor police seek suspects in armed convenience store robbery
Police are searching for two suspects who robbed a Windsor convenience store at gunpoint early Wednesday morning. Windsor police said two suspects entered the Mac’s Convenience in the 2600 block of...
View Article'Old school warrior' Windsor cop Neal Jessop passes away
Retired Windsor police investigator Neal Walter Jessop — a man renowned for his relentless pursuit of justice — has died at the age of 71. The former staff sergeant passed away at Huron Lodge long-term...
View ArticleIdentity thief racks up more than $43,000 debt in Windsor man's name
Windsor police are seeking a suspect in an identity theft case that left a Windsor man with more than $43,000 in charges on accounts that he never opened. According to investigators, an Equifax credit...
View ArticleDrugs, pellet guns seized in Pelissier Street raid
A 35-year-old Windsor man is facing charges after police raided a residence at Pelissier and Ellis Streets, turning up methamphetamine, painkillers, stimulants, and two pellet guns. The arrest happened...
View ArticleDeath of 52-year-old man not suspicious, postmortem concludes
Update: Windsor police said Friday that results from the postmortem examination in London are conclusive and they are no longer treating the death as suspicious. Windsor police are investigating a...
View ArticleWindsor murder case spurs bill to punish crimes that kill "preborn children"
A Saskatchewan MP has taken up the cause of Windsor murder victim Cassandra Kaake and her unborn daughter Molly. On Tuesday, Conservative member of parliament Cathay Wagantall introduced a private...
View ArticleWoman cut, burned, and assaulted with crowbar in Chatham domestic case
A woman was cut with a razor, burned with a lighter, and assaulted with a crowbar earlier this week in what Chatham police say was only the latest incident of domestic violence in her relationship with...
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