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Police lied, immigration lawyer’s trial hears
The RCMP went undercover in 2012 to catch immigration lawyer Sandra Saccucci Zaher in lies, her trial heard Tuesday. But Zaher’s lawyer suggests it was the police who were loose with the truth, lying...
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Live Blog: Trial continues for Windsor immigration lawyer
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Translated documents probed in trial of suspended immigration lawyer
The saying lost in translation took on new meaning at suspended immigration lawyer Sandra Zaher’s criminal trial Wednesday. Zaher’s lawyer, Patrick Ducharme, grilled RCMP officer Steven Richardson...
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Defence has second go at Mounties in trial of suspended immigration lawyer
In the ongoing trial of suspended lawyer Sandra Zaher, the defence Thursday continued to grill the lead investigator who probed allegations of her concocting refugee stories for would-be immigrants....
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Sexual harassment suit against greenhouse growers settled out of court
A woman who claimed she endured persistent sexual harassment while working at the “boys club” known as the Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers has settled her $450,000 lawsuit against the group and...
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Drug ‘mastermind’ sentenced to 6 years
A man described in court as the “mastermind” behind a drug smuggling ring was sentenced Friday to six years in prison. Charbel Chibani, 35, looked incredulous and shook his head as Superior Court...
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Drunk driver handed probation and fines
A drunk driver who hit five parked cars and sheared off a utility pole knocking out power to Point Pelee Drive in Leamington in August was placed on probation and handed hefty fines Monday. Martin...
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Driver gets 10 months; Mother, daughter relive nightmare daily
Her daughter’s anguished screams haunt Karen Jones’s nightmares. The mother and daughter were walking along Victoria Avenue in Windsor on June 16, 2013, when a car sped around the corner, hopped the...
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New police recruits get in under the gun for lifetime benefits
Windsor police went on a hiring spree in 2014, signing 18 cadets in the final year that new employees are entitled to benefits for life. Police in the city represent the final frontier of...
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Retired Anglican priest facing sex charges in Chatham court
A retired Anglican priest charged with sexually assaulting boys from his Chatham parish in the 1980s is free on bail after pleading guilty to missing his earlier court dates. Harry Brydon, 65, appeared...
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Human smuggling trial hears from U.S. agents
The Windsor trial of a Quebec man accused of running a human smuggling ring offered a rare glimpse Monday into how the U.S. patrols its waterfront to keep out illegal aliens. The first day of the...
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Woman to spend weekends in jail for embezzling money from doctor
Laura McGowan steals from her bosses. Now, for the first time, she is going to spend some time behind bars for it. McGowan, 28, was sentenced Tuesday to 90 days in jail to be served on weekends for...
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Human courier smuggled 15 people into U.S., trial told
The circumstances under which John Philip Jordan launched his career as a human smuggler had begun innocently enough. Jordan had spent this day in the late summer of 2010 on his 19-foot Bayliner,...
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Deputy chief’s son hired at Windsor Police Service
The son of Windsor’s deputy police chief was among the last cadets hired before the deadline to qualify for lifetime benefits, The Star has learned, fuelling criticism about nepotism at the force....
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Father who had sex with his children showed ‘absolute lack of any remorse’
Depraved. Twisted. Totally lacking in any remorse. A Superior Court judge seized upon these words Tuesday to describe a Windsor father who fed his insatiable appetite for sex by preying on his own...
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Children’s Aid Society makes last-minute appeal for donors
The Children’s Aid Society fears that 50 local families won’t have much of a Christmas unless more last-minute donations come in. The CAS was already short of sponsors for its record number of families...
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Sex offender who fantasizes about torturing and killing children handed hefty...
A former Boy Scout leader who fantasizes about raping children as he snuffs out their lives has become the area’s first convict to be named a long-term offender. Steven Slade, 47, was sentenced...
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Replay From The Windsor Courthouse: Steven Slade dangerous offender verdict
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Officers’ complaints draw Ministry of Labour orders on Pelee Island
The Ministry of Labour has slapped the Ontario Provincial Police with four orders as it continues its investigation into complaints by officers assigned to work on Pelee Island. Among the orders is...
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