Windsor police upgrade charges in 2013 home invasion to murder
Windsor police have upgraded the charges in a 2013 home invasion due to the victim’s death — more than a year after he was shot in the head. Police said the male victim — who was 49 at the time of the...
View ArticlePolice release more on shooting near 7-Eleven
A verbal confrontation that escalated into violence led to the shooting near a 7-Eleven location in Windsor on Saturday night, say police. Investigators believe the dispute was between two pairs of...
View ArticleWindsor man accused of posing as electrician, charged with fraud
A 42-year-old Windsor man is facing fraud charges for allegedly posing as an electrician. Police received a complaint from a member of the public on Jan. 12. The woman said that in April 2013, her...
View ArticleMurder suspect led musical life after wife’s death
Scott Douglas Quick in a 2011 Facebook image.While Scott Douglas Quick walked free for nine years after allegedly murdering his wife, he spent his time playing guitar, entertaining neighbours and...
View ArticleWindsor police seek hat-wearing, gun-toting drug store robber
A man wearing sunglasses and a hat with ear-flaps wielded a gun as he robbed a pharmacy in Windsor’s east end on Sunday night, say police. Police were called around 9 p.m. to the Shoppers Drug Mart at...
View ArticleOPP warn of repeat offender parole-breaker
A repeat offender is being sought on a Canada-wide warrant and is known to frequent Southwestern Ontario, warn OPP. Provincial police are on the lookout for Larry Cameron, 55, who is described as a...
View ArticleTwo Windsor teens arrested after joyride in stolen vehicle
A teenage male and a teenage female are both facing charges after Windsor police stopped them in a stolen vehicle on Monday night. Officers were patrolling the downtown core around 9 p.m. when they...
View ArticleDrug-dealing Lakeshore woman denounces ‘devil’ husband, implicates cops
A Lakeshore woman seeking leniency on a drug-dealing charge says her abusive ex-husband had a fetish for penis piercings, got high on his own supply, was connected with corrupt police officers — and...
View ArticleDrug dealer knew details of alleged Windsor police corruption
A Lakeshore woman seeking leniency on a drug charge knew names and details about an internal investigation from years past that worried Windsor police top brass. Speaking with RCMP in 2012, Sabrina...
View ArticleCharges filed against alleged drug dealing Windsor cop
An alleged drug dealing Windsor cop now faces a dozen charges under the Police Services Act. Const. David Bshouty, 32, faces four Police Act charges of discreditable conduct after U.S. officials...
View ArticleWindsor bookkeeper accused of defrauding employer of more than $400,000
A Windsor woman already facing fraud charges has been accused of stealing more than $400,000 from another company where she worked as a bookkeeper. The latest charges against Nada Khalaf, 56, are one...
View Article79-year-old man mugged in west Windsor
Windsor police are still looking for the young male criminal who assaulted and robbed a 79-year-old man in the city’s west end on Saturday morning. The crime happened around 7:30 a.m. in the area of...
View ArticleKeep alleys cleaner to avoid ‘fires of opportunity,’ say Windsor police
How do you prevent irresponsible people from starting fires? You take away their fuel: You clean up your garbage. That’s one of the ideas that will be raised Wednesday night at a neighbourhood watch...
View ArticleLoader backhoe stolen in Tecumseh, say OPP
Someone — somewhere — is hiding a stolen 16,000-pound backhoe, according to Tecumseh OPP. The piece of heavy equipment — a 2009 John Deere 310SJ — went missing from a business in the 5000 block of...
View ArticleWindsor police arrest suspect in Shoppers Drug Mart robbery at Tecumseh Mall
A Windsor man is facing charges in relation to the gunpoint robbery of the Shoppers Drug Mart at Tecumseh Mall earlier this month. Matthew Ronda, 27, was arrested around 11 p.m. Tuesday after a police...
View Article$5,000 antique brass propeller stolen from government building in Leamington
Essex County OPP are looking for someone who went to a great deal of trouble to steal a giant, decorative, concrete-bound propeller in Leamington. Provincial police were called on March 16 about a...
View ArticlePolice say Windsor crime rates continued to decline in 2014
Crime rates in the city continued on a downward trend last year, according to Windsor police. There were 13,272 reported criminal code offences last year, compared to 13,949 in 2013. Total crimes...
View ArticleTown hall meeting to be held on preventing crime in west Windsor
There are things you could be doing to make your property less prone to crime. That’s one of the messages that will be pushed at a town hall meeting on Tuesday morning about preventing crime in...
View ArticleLeamington man arrested after fracas over unpaid meal
A 46-year-old Leamington man is facing charges after he allegedly kicked up a ruckus over not being able to pay his $90 restaurant bill. Elias Chavira-Gonzalez is accused of one count of food or...
View ArticleAlcohol cited in two Essex County crashes
Two different motorists are facing impaired driving charges related to two separate crashes that happened in Essex County last weekend. Casey Blokker, 30, was arrested after a collision on Queen Street...
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