Man fends off knife attack in Chatham
A 45-year-old Chatham man is recovering from minor injuries after he defended himself against another man armed with two knives. Chatham-Kent police said the incident happened around 5 p.m. Tuesday...
View ArticleWindsor police officer stabbed in hand at Caesars Windsor
A 50-year-old Windsor man is facing an array of charges after he allegedly stabbed a police officer in the hand at Caesars Windsor. Michael A. Knapp has been charged with aggravated assault, assaulting...
View ArticleHardcore life: Friends and family mourn loss of Windsor skateboarder and...
Tributes to Windsor native Ryan Barron are pouring out as friends and family mourn the sudden death of the skateboarder and musician — while Vancouver police continue to search for answers about the...
View ArticleWindsor police hope new DNA technology will lead to break in 1971 child...
Do these faces look familiar? Windsor police are hoping a new predictive technique using DNA evidence will lead to fresh information in the unsolved sexual assault and murder of a six-year-old local...
View ArticleSuspicious vehicle near school prompts warning from Windsor police
Windsor police are reminding parents to protect their children from strangers after a report about a suspicious vehicle around Queen Victoria Public School. The incident happened around 6 p.m. on April...
View ArticleWest end resident awakened by break-in
The female resident of an apartment in Windsor’s west end was shocked to discover two burglars inside her home early Thursday. Windsor police said they were called around 1:45 a.m. to a multi-unit...
View ArticleMan awarded $4,000 after face slashed with beer bottle
A Windsor man who admitted being well-intoxicated when he gave money to an acquaintance in a bar to buy cocaine has been awarded $4,000 to help ease the pain of the bloody face-slashing that followed....
View ArticleBroken wrist at party leads to $3,000 payout
Friends shouldn’t fight, but a fight amongst friends led to a $3,000 payout Thursday for a Lakeshore man who had his wrist broken at a party two years ago. While Johnathan Vandeputte’s drinking and...
View ArticleTwo Windsor men charged in massive provincewide child pornography bust
A massive, multi-jurisdictional investigation into child sexual exploitation on the Internet has resulted in charges against 80 people across the province — two of them Windsor men. OPP and...
View ArticleMemorial service for Windsor skateboarder to be held Saturday
A memorial service and public gathering will be held in Windsor this weekend for Ryan Barron — the locally born skateboarder and musician who was killed by a hit-and-run driver in Vancouver earlier...
View ArticleWindsor police seek driver of SUV that collided with city bus
Police are asking the public to help identify the driver of an automobile that was involved in a hit-and-run incident with a city bus in downtown Windsor. The incident happened on April 8 around 5 p.m....
View ArticleJustice system favours animals over humans
Re: Windsor man jailed for ‘heinous’ sex crimes, April 20; Man who taped up dog, leaving it to die, gets two years, Feb. 2. What is alarming about these two incidents is that cruelty to animals...
View ArticleWindsor police seek female suspects in food theft incidents
Windsor police are asking the public to help identify the female suspects in multiple food theft incidents at local stores. Two of the cases took place at the Bulk Barn location at 4326 Walker Rd....
View ArticleWindsor police arrest suspect in robbery of 91-year-old woman
A man is in custody following police investigation of a robbery involving a 91-year-old woman who works at a motel on Huron Church Road. The incident occurred on April 24 around 10 p.m. Police were...
View ArticleThree Windsor men arrested after police seize crystal meth
A trio of Windsor males are facing drug charges after police stopped a vehicle and found crystal meth on all three suspects. The drugs and guns unit (DIGS) has been conducting a drug investigation on a...
View ArticleAlleged incidents at aquatic centre lead to sex charges against Windsor man
A 36-year-old Windsor man is facing sex charges after he allegedly masturbated in public and touched a 15-year-old male at the downtown aquatic centre. Windsor police were called to the Windsor...
View ArticleWindsor police search for suspects in armed pharmacy robbery
Windsor police are looking for two suspects who robbed a pharmacy at gunpoint Friday evening. Police said the suspects entered Hunter Pharmacy in the 3000 block of Tecumseh Road East and ordered the...
View ArticleWindsor police release video of Molotov cocktail exploding in arsonist's face
Windsor police have released video of an arsonist who likely hurt himself when he threw a Molotov cocktail into a car and it blew up in his face. Officers were sent to a house in the 200 block of...
View ArticleRifle, Taser, and narcotics leads to arrest of two people in Windsor
A Winchester rifle, a Taser, and hydromorphone pills were seized by Windsor police as a result of a raid at a residence on Janette Avenue earlier this week. Two people — a 32-year-old man and a...
View ArticleRiverside gunman faces raft of criminal charges following manhunt
Richard Wallace, who went on an alleged shooting spree Wednesday that triggered a massive police manhunt covering a Riverside neighbourhood, was formally charged Thursday with 19 offences. A Windsor...
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