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Career thief behind bars again
Michael Crawford has spent his entire adult life in and out of jail. Monday, he headed back behind bars for a break-in at Long & McQuade music store. On October 15, someone pried open the back door...
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Sign wars begin ahead of Wednesday writ drop (With video)
The local landscape will soon look like a teenager’s skin after a binge of pop and chocolate bars. Election signs, as unsightly as acne in the eyes of some, have begun to pock the scenery. Windsor West...
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Man appealing conviction for killing dog
A Belle River man convicted of killing a dog by taping its muzzle shut served only four hours of a four-month jail sentence Wednesday before being freed on bail pending appeal. John Mackenzie,56, is...
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Woman pleads guilty to orgy with boys
A Leamington woman who spent a summer night having an orgy with a group of teenaged boys, then exaggerated her mental illness to avoid prosecution, was sentenced Friday to another four months in jail....
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Fake doctor pleads guilty to crimes (With video)
A Windsor man who impersonated a doctor, examining patients and taking their money, pleaded guilty Monday to a raft of assault and fraud-related charges. Darko Jovanovich, 32, held himself out as a...
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Priest to stand trial for theft
A former Tecumseh priest accused of stealing $180,000 from his parish has been committed to stand trial for theft. Robert Couture, 50, pastor of St. Anne’s Church until 2010, is charged with theft over...
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Sex offender teacher settles one case out of court, heads to hearing on another
A student sexually abused by former high school teacher Mark Baggio has settled her lawsuit against him out of court. It’s unknown how much the woman, now in her late 20s, settled for. Other parties...
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Noise complaint dismissed by court; ‘waste of public services’
A former university student whose neighbour sicked bylaw officers on him has won a court battle to have a $125 fine for a noise complaint overturned. Kyle Brown, 25, says he is considering going after...
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Drouillard Road drop-in centre for women closing
A drop-in centre for women on Drouillard Road will close at the end of the month after not meeting its creators’ expectations. The Blue House, which offered free meals, clothing, a needle exchange and...
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Man gets house arrest for defrauding employer of nearly $86,000
A gambling addict who managed an equipment rental business was sentenced Friday to three months on house arrest for defrauding his employer of nearly $86,000. Alphonse Schleihauf, 43, sold a backhoe,...
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Man wanted for extradition on gun charges released
A Windsor man wanted on both sides of the border on drug charges was released on bail Tuesday. Harpinder Sian, 31, was released on the consent of the Canadian Department of Justice during a court...
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Lawsuit proposed to represent Crown wards never compensated for abuse
More than 300 former Crown wards, including four from Windsor, have joined a $110-million proposed class-action lawsuit claiming the Ontario government failed to help them seek compensation for the...
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Convenience store owners fined for sales of illegal smokes
A pair of convenience store owners who continued to sell illegal cigarettes after being busted were handed hefty fines and two years’ probation Friday. In separate cases, Rivon Dali, 29, owner of a...
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Embezzler pleads guilty to ripping off optometrist
A worker in a local optometrist’s office embezzled nearly $10,000 by repeatedly skimming small amounts from the corporate bank account. Najette Paulette Dubois, 37, pleaded guilty in Ontario court...
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Restaurant owners fined for smuggling meat and fish
The owners of a Japanese restaurant in LaSalle were fined $12,000 Tuesday for illegally importing fish and chicken to serve to their customers. Orient Restaurant owners Lijia Mu, 53, and his wife, Hong...
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Crown wants rapist behind bars indefinitely
Scott McLaughlin commits such brutal violence, he needs to be kept behind bars indefinitely. So says the Crown in its bid to have McLaughlin, 45, declared a dangerous offender. Final arguments began...
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Children’s Services turns up heat on Lev Tahor families remaining in Chatham
CHATHAM- Child welfare authorities opened new protection proceedings involving the Lev Tahor religious sect this week, but with members of the community on the move again, an Ontario court judge had a...
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Convicted cop Kent Rice appeals court decision
A Windsor police officer convicted of assault for kicking a man in a stairwell has launched an appeal. Const. Kent Patrick Rice was sentenced in September to one year of probation. He must perform 60...
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Windsor police officer acquitted of assault (With video)
Windsor police Const. Kent Rice will be back on the job next week after a Superior Court judge Friday overturned the officer’s conviction for assault. “He’s going to report for work first thing Monday...
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Pair accused of extorting local doctor acquitted (with video)
A man and woman accused of using sex tapes to extort $25,000 from a local doctor were acquitted of all charges Monday. Tammy Hands, 49, and David Andrew Bondy, 46, never took the witness stand at their...
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