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Windsor police identify suspect in indecency case

Windsor police believe they know the identity of the male who performed an indecent act in front of a lone female employee at a Subway restaurant last month. But as of Monday afternoon, the suspect had...

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Windsor police seize suspected 'Purple Heroin' from motel room

Windsor police believe they’ve seized more than 100 grams of the street drug known as ‘Purple Heroin’ — a deadly combination of heroin and fentanyl. The suspected narcotics were discovered on Saturday...

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Evidence seized in West Windsor homicide investigation

Windsor police have seized items that investigators believe were involved in the murder of a 73-year-old man in the city’s west end earlier this year. On Tuesday, members of the major crimes branch...

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Windsor man faces child pornography charges after alert from Sudbury police

Windsor police are crediting Sudbury police for alerting them about a suspect who is now facing charges related to child pornography. The arrest happened on Tuesday, but the Windsor police Internet...

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OPP arrest Leamington elementary school student over alleged threats

A student at a French Catholic elementary school in Leamington was arrested over alleged threats, say Essex County OPP. Provincial police responded around 8:20 a.m. Thursday to a complaint from École...

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Windsor storage facility manager busts own tenant for thefts

Windsor police are crediting the business manager of a storage facility for information that has resulted in break-in charges against one of the facility’s renters. Police said the manager of the...

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Windsor police seek knife-wielding robber who stole eyeglass frames

Police are looking for a brazen robber who brandished a knife to steal eyeglass frames from a business on Ottawa Street on Thursday. The crime happened shortly before 11 a.m. at The Walkerville Optical...

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Suspect in Bloomfield Road homicide has likely fled Canada, say Windsor police

Windsor police are seeking a 19-year-old male on a charge of first-degree murder in relation to the death of an elderly man earlier this year — but investigators believe the suspect has fled the...

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LaSalle man faces organized crime charges in Michigan pawn shop busts

A LaSalle man is facing dozens of charges in Michigan, including running a criminal organization, after two lengthy retail fraud investigations by Detroit-area police. Bilal Mohamad Taleb, 37, is...

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LaSalle police seek thieves who targeted Windsor Crossing outlet mall

LaSalle police are asking the public for tips about thieves who stole from Windsor Crossing Premium Outlets in shoplifting incidents last week. The crimes occurred on April 19 and 21 at a store in the...

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Don't leave credit cards in your car, say Windsor police after arrest in...

A 20-year-old Windsor man and a 30-year-old Windsor woman are facing fraud charges related to the use of debit and credit cards taken from a vehicle. Windsor police say the thefts were reported on...

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Reward renewed for suspect in 2007 Windsor murder

Windsor police have renewed their $10,000 reward for information that results in the arrest of Mohamud Abukar Hagi — the suspect in a downtown murder that took place more than a decade ago. Police have...

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'Relative scam' taken to creepy lengths against LaSalle woman

LaSalle police say a local woman almost fell for the infamous ‘relative scam’ because the call came from what she thought was a trustworthy number — her son’s cellphone. “Don’t trust your phone’s...

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Local businesses must beware of credit card scammers, say Windsor police

A recent increase in complaints about fake credit card numbers has prompted Windsor police to advise local businesses to beware. According to investigators with the Financial Crimes Unit, the common...

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Knife-wielding masked man sought for Windsor convenience store robberies

Two Windsor convenience store robberies that happened early Wednesday appear to have been committed by the same suspect: A male in a black mask who brandished a knife. The first incident happened...

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Handguns stolen from east Windsor residence

A legal gun owner in Windsor’s east end is missing multiple firearms — despite them being stored in a safe. Windsor police said they received a complaint on Thursday around 6:30 a.m. from a resident in...

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Gun-toting home invaders sought after east Windsor break-in

Windsor police are looking for two weapon-wielding masked men who broke into an east end home and confronted its residents early Wednesday. Officers were sent around 4 a.m. to a home in the 200 block...

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Fentanyl powder seizure results in multiple arrests in Windsor

Windsor police have laid charges against at least three people after seizing a quantity of the opioid fentanyl in powder form. The drugs and guns unit (DIGS) has been investigating a residence in the...

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'Varying degrees of cooperation' as Windsor police investigate west end...

Windsor police are investigating but some people just aren’t talking about what happened in the west end on Saturday afternoon that left a male with head and facial injuries. According to police,...

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Windsor police collect 21 long guns, 7 handguns with Gun Amnesty Program

Windsor police are hailing their recent Gun Amnesty Program as a success after counting the amount of unwanted or illegally-owned firearms that were surrendered by conscientious citizens. During the...

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