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Police officer loses bid to have misconduct hearing closed to public
A Windsor police officer who was allegedly caught smuggling alcohol across the border has lost her bid to have her disciplinary hearing covered by a publication ban. Const. Dorothy Nesbeth had argued...
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Teacher accused of sexual abuse goes before disciplinary panel
A former high school biology teacher acquitted in 2008 of sexually assaulting a student is back before a disciplinary hearing. Steven Anthony D’Amelio is accused by the Ontario College of Teachers of...
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Horse-doping trial a Canadian first
There’s no denying that horse trainer Derek Riesberry had a syringe in the paddocks before a race, but what was in it? The answer could determine if Riesberry will be the first person in Canada to be...
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Sexual misconduct allegations against teacher withdrawn
A former high school teacher accused by eight female students and a student teacher of sexual misconduct will be able to keep his licence. Steven Anthony D’Amelio will remain a teacher “in good...
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Teacher accused of stealing $33 charged with professional misconduct
A former Leamington elementary school teacher is being brought before a discliplinary hearing for allegedly stealing $33 from the office two years ago. Reid David MacIntosh Innes taught for the Greater...
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Woman files $9.1 M lawsuit against husband, rail company, town for fatal crash
A St. Joachim woman is suing her husband, Canadian Pacific Railway and the Town of Lakeshore for a 2012 train-minivan crash that claimed the lives of two of her young children. Angie Williams has filed...
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Officer accused of theft may be forced to testify at accused drug dealer’s trial
A Windsor police officer charged with stealing lottery tickets may have to testify about his alleged crime whether he likes it or not. A Superior Court judge will rule Tuesday whether Const. Timothy...
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Jury still out in rape trial
He says it an extramarital affair. She says it was rape. Which depiction is accurate is now up to jurors who have begun deliberating in the trial of Binaishea (Fred) Muvunga, a Seventh-day Adventist...
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Rape trial ends in acquittal (with video)
Fred Muvunga broke down in tears as a jury acquitted him Wednesday of sexually assaulting an African refugee he was helping to settle in Windsor. He then rushed to his son – his only supporter in court...
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Reluctant witness delays trial
Jodi Talbot was asleep at a friend’s house when someone busted in the door and repeatedly hit her on the head with a hammer. Battered, bruised and with a broken finger, Talbot gave police a videotaped...
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Retired teacher convicted of attempted murder
Bernie Bulat used his Ford Taurus like a weapon last year when he tried to kill his ex-girlfriend’s new beau. Bulat, 74, was convicted of attempted murder Friday for running down Brian Meloche, 60, on...
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Local teen charged with sexual assault at prom party
An after-prom party where a teenage girl was allegedly sexually assaulted appears to have occurred in Essex County. OPP would not give the date of the alleged incident, the location or the name of the...
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Sex charges dismissed against inmate
A violent criminal with 58 prior convictions had sexual assault charges against him dismissed in Ontario court Tuesday. Scott Allan McLaughlin, 45, was accused of sexually assaulting a fellow inmate at...
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Gun-toting neighbour faces jail sentence
A former Canadian soldier with a penchant for restricted firearms will learn next month whether he will go to jail for threatening his wife and neighbours with a loaded handgun last summer. James...
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Geriatric home invader sentenced to five years (With Video)
A geriatric home invader was sentenced Thursday to five years in prison for robbing an elderly couple last summer. Robert Mahon, who turns 68 on Monday, climbed through the bedroom window of a home on...
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Man serving life sentence appeals murder conviction
A former amateur boxer from Windsor serving 25 years in prison for the murder of a drug dealer is appealing his 2010 conviction. Shane Huard, 32, was convicted of first-degree murder for the August...
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McLennan family asks father in fatal crash be spared jail
David McLennan’s mother looked a Superior Court judge in the eye Monday and begged him not to send her son to jail. “If you could impose something other than jail time, it would be such a relief to me...
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Jail father in fatal crash, prosecutor urges judge
David McLennan deserves more punishment than the loss of his son, a prosecutor told the man’s sentencing hearing Tuesday. Assistant Crown attorney Tom Meehan asked Superior Court Justice Terry...
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Busted: Woman charged with smuggling money in bra
A woman believed to be from the Windsor area is in jail in Michigan for allegedly trying to smuggle tens of thousands 0f dollars across the border by padding her bra with cash. Moura El-Asmar, 51, will...
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Accused bra-stuffing money smuggler free on bail
DETROIT A Windsor woman charged with trying to smuggle $74,000 into the United States—mainly in her bra — was released on bail Wednesday despite the judge’s reservations about her being a flight risk....
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