Anonymous hotline set up to identify culprit in noose incidents
Chrysler held workplace meetings Wednesday and has set up a hotline for anonymous tips after three ropes tied into nooses were found at the Windsor Assembly Plant in recent days. LouAnn Gosselin,...
View ArticleWindsor pimp forced teenaged girl into prostitution
Robert Joseph Cobb is a pimp. In 2013, he enticed a 16-year-old runaway to become a prostitute. He told her it was “easy money,” and that she could stop at any time. He lied. Cobb, 23, pleaded guilty...
View ArticleEssex mayoral candidate overspends on campaign, barred from running in next...
Essex candidate Bill Baker will be barred from running in the next municipal election and can’t serve on any town committee after overspending on his failed bid for the mayor’s seat. Baker has been...
View ArticleWindsor cop investigated after woman complains of sex assault
The province’s police watchdog is investigating a senior Windsor police officer in relation to an alleged sexual assault earlier this month. A vehicle marked Special Investigations Unit mobile unit and...
View ArticleWho is this man? Police struggle to identify man found dead on trail last month
The sun had just risen over John’s Pond in the city’s east end. The creek nearby was flowing, swollen with spring run-off. Birds sang the promise of warmer days ahead. Leonard Reaume’s dog, a frisky...
View ArticleTeen pleads guilty to Tecumseh break-ins
A teenaged thief who left his fingerprints at the scene of a rash of residential break-ins in Tecumseh last year was sentenced Friday to two years on probation. Residents on St. Mark’s Road awoke May...
View ArticleMan pleads guilty to violent domestic assault
A Windsor man who kicked and punched his live-in girlfriend until her face resembled something out of a horror movie pleaded guilty Tuesday to aggravated assault. Ronald Milton Morgan, 42, pounded on...
View ArticleMercedes driver charged with going 220 km/h on 401 makes first court appearance
A Tecumseh woman police say was driving her Mercedes-Benz at more than double the speed limit on Highway 401 earlier this month made her first court appearance this week. Anna Riley, 47, faces a charge...
View ArticleCourt dismisses appeal by deceitful drug cops
Five infamous former Toronto police drug squad officers — including one who has started a new life in the Windsor area — have had their appeal dismissed by the province’s highest court. Ned Maodus and...
View ArticleWine festival put on notice of civil suit after fatal crash
The parents of the teenaged girl killed after last year’s wine festival in Amherstburg have sent letters saying they intend to sue the festival and even the property owners where she crashed her car. A...
View ArticleWindsor lawyer’s licence suspended
A Windsor lawyer has had his licence to practice law suspended indefinitely. Robert Gregory Wylupek has lost his licence due to medical incapacity, according to a decision of a tribunal of the Law...
View ArticleLive From The Court House: Immigration consultant Sam Burgio sentenced to 3...
No DNA, says judge. — S Sacheli (@WinStarSacheli) May 4, 2015 Defence lawyer Brian Dube is opposed to DNA order, calling this "white-collar crime." — S Sacheli (@WinStarSacheli) May 4, 2015 Crown is...
View ArticleImmigration fraudster Sam Burgio sentenced to three years
He has lost his livelihood. His reputation is mud. He went from being a high-roller immigration consultant in expensive suits, to working as a bottled water salesman. Fraudster Sam Burgio says he has...
View ArticleInjured worker barred from posting comments about WSIB manager
The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board has managed to put a gag on Mike Spencer, but the vocal online critic says he won’t find it uncomfortable at all. Spencer, 55, Wednesday was slapped with a...
View ArticlePaul Martin to be repaired for $6 million, feds announce
The federal government announced Friday it will repair the façade of the Paul Martin building now that it has figured out a way to do it on the cheap. The repairs will cost $6 million, Public Works and...
View ArticleNepal fundraising dinner tonight
Windsor’s Nepalese community is holding a fundraising dinner tonight for its earthquake-stricken homeland. The menu includes pasta, salad, potatoes, dessert and drinks. It will run from 6 to 9 p.m. at...
View ArticleWindsor psychiatrist Ravi Shenava faces more patient allegations of sexual...
More patients of Dr. Ravi Shenava have come forward accusing the Windsor psychiatrist of sexually assaulting them. Last month, Shenava, 64, was arrested for the alleged sexual assault of one patient....
View ArticleYouth Diversion turns to online fundraising campaign to save programs
A local non-profit agency that offers counselling to troubled youth has turned to the Internet to preserve some of its programs. Essex County Youth Diversion has started a gofundme campaign to continue...
View ArticleWindsor man sentenced to two years for stabbing
A Windsor man who repeatedly stabbed his ex-wife’s friend in the stomach was sentenced Wednesday to two years in jail. Vincent Herlehy, 50, explained his behaviour on the night of May 4, 2013 was...
View ArticleNothing illegal about search of marijuana grow op, judge rules
It had been a bad day for Tuan Anh Nguyen when, bruised and bleeding, he picked up his phone and dialed 911. Little did he realize his day was about to get much worse. Nguyen, 46, had a small marijuana...
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