Cocaine-smuggling trucker on the lam turns himself in to begin serving...
A cocaine-smuggling trucker on the lam since 2009 appeared in a Windsor courtroom Thursday to begin serving a 16-year prison sentence. Sandeep Hans, 37, who absconded to India during his drug trial,...
View ArticleConvicted thief alleges abuse by guards at new jail
An admitted thief begged a judge Friday to sentence her to a penitentiary term to get away from the mistreatment she is suffering at Windsor’s new jail. “I can’t do this no more,” Keimonty Grayer said...
View ArticleTrucker found not-guilty in drug trial
A Kitchener trucker arrested at the Ambassador Bridge in 2011 for having 39 kilograms of cocaine in a shipment of California raspberries has been found not guilty on drug charges. Drago Knezevic, 54,...
View ArticleRobber armed with sawed-off shotgun handed six-year sentence
A former St. Clair College student who participated in a violent convenience store robbery in 2013 was sentenced Tuesday to another four years and four months in prison. Maher Abdullah Falah-Abdullah,...
View ArticleMuskie-killing Windsor angler fined $1,000 and banned from fishing for two years
A Windsor man caught on video beating a muskie to death before throwing it back into the Detroit River was fined $1,000 Wednesday and banned from fishing for two years. Edmond L. Parent, 53, better...
View ArticleWindsor man acquitted of Hickory Road home invasion
A Windsor man already serving jail time for other crimes was acquitted Thursday of a home invasion in which the assailant’s weapons of choice were a plumbing wrench and a can in a sock. Darrell S....
View ArticleATM robber sentenced to 5 1/2 years behind bars
A habitual thief who last September held up a woman at a bank machine with an imitation handgun was sentenced Friday to 5½ years in prison. Keimonty Grayer, 28, pleaded guilty to 17 offences, most of...
View ArticleDeadly intersection tackled by county
In the wake of a crash that claimed the life of a Michigan woman, the county is making changes to the intersection of Walker and South Talbot roads. Speed limits on both roads will be reduced to 60 km...
View ArticleLive Trial: Local man on trial for impaired driving causing death
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View ArticleDriver drank ‘four pints’ before fatal crash, trial hears
On the day Cole Charles Rickett crashed into an SUV carrying a Michigan family, killing one woman and injuring her husband and children, he’d had four pints of beer before getting behind the wheel, his...
View ArticleMichigan father pulled into intersection into path of truck, trial hears
An oversized stop sign on South Talbot Road may have prevented Suman Dutta from seeing oncoming traffic at Walker Road, the man testified Tuesday. The Michigan father pulled into the intersection Dec....
View ArticleDetroit Tigers sued by Kingsville bird sanctuary over sale of Ty Cobb...
The Jack Miner Migratory Bird Foundation is suing the Detroit Tigers to get back Ty Cobb memorabilia it says was removed from the grounds of its Kingsville sanctuary and sold illegally to the team. The...
View ArticleBreath-test officer accused of lying in fatal drunk driving trial
The officer who determined a driver in a fatal crash had twice the legal limit of alcohol in his bloodstream was accused of lying on the witness stand Thursday. OPP Const. Michael Zajac testified he...
View ArticleWindsor cocaine dealer sentenced to 2½ years
A Windsor drug dealer who supplemented his welfare payments by selling crack cocaine was sentenced Monday to 2½ years in prison. Pasquale Depierro, 55, used to work in construction as a painter. An...
View ArticleRobber armed with homemade spear sentenced to 13 months in jail
A Windsor man who held up a convenience store with a homemade spear was sentenced Monday to 13 months in jail. Christopher Timothy Urquhart, 22, taped a butcher knife to a metre-long stick from a tree....
View ArticleMan sentenced to time served for stabbing roommate in back
A Windsor man who once bludgeoned his roommate to death with a flashlight was sentenced Tuesday to time served and probation for stabbing a more recent roommate in the back. George Robert Brown, 52,...
View ArticleDrunk driver not guilty in death, court rules
A Michigan mother is dead, but the drunk driver who hit her is not to blame. So ruled a Windsor judge Friday, finding Cole Charles Rickett, 30, guilty of impaired driving, but not guilty of impaired...
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