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View ArticleLev Tahor takes court appeal public
The already unusual child protection case of an ultra-Orthodox religious sect took a bizarre twist Wednesday when three of the children involved made public appeals through the media. “My heart’s cry...
View Article$75K in fines levied for importing live Asian carp (With Video)
A trucker and the Edmonton company he worked for were fined $75,000 in court Thursday for bringing live Asian carp into Canada. Alltheway Trucking , based in Edmonton, was fined $70,000 and driver...
View ArticleSex offender to stand trial on new charges
An Amherstburg man in a legal battle over naming rights at the town recreation complex has been ordered to stand trial on charges of sexually abusing three boys decades ago. Richard James Massen, 83,...
View ArticleMedicinal pot illegal without a licence; man sentenced to probation
A man who says he uses marijuana for medicinal purposes was sentenced Friday to 18 months on probation. Gerald Anthony Drouillard, 39, was caught in January 2012 growing his own pot. He let police...
View ArticleSex and medical treatment took place in doctor’s office, extortion trial hears
A local doctor was so worried about losing his licence for having sex with a patient he “concocted” a story about being extorted by her, the woman’s lawyer suggested in court Monday. “You were already...
View ArticleStabbing nets former U of W student six months behind bars
Aaron Jude Manikoth suffered from unrequited love. So he made the young woman who did not return his affection suffer too, by throwing nail polish remover in her face, biting her in the arm and...
View ArticleSex tape extortion trial hears from doctor’s wife
She called her the laser lady. She should have called her the other woman. Tammy Hands played both roles. She ran a laser clinic, and she was having sex with the married doctor from whom she rented her...
View ArticleVoyeurism charge dropped in sex-tape extortion case
David Andrew Bondy won a partial victory Wednesday in a trial where he is charged with trying to extort $25,000 from a local doctor. Bondy, a large man whom the doctor says tried to blackmail him with...
View ArticleSex tapes extortion trial ends; judgment weeks away
Sex, lies and videotape. A Superior Court judge in an extortion trial knows all three exist, but has to decide who is telling the truth. Justice Lynda Templeton said Thursday she will need several...
View ArticleSkate park tussle lands mom in court
A fight between two boys at the Tecumseh skate park last fall landed one of their moms in court Monday. Lisa Hay, 43, pleaded guilty to assaulting a neighbourhood boy who was 13 at the time. Hay, a...
View ArticleCity employee acquitted of fuel theft
A city employee fired after being accused of stealing gas from municipal pumps was acquitted in court Wednesday. Brandon Mark Denapoli, 30, acted in a “highly suspicious” way the night someone pumped...
View ArticleWindsor man convicted of running marijuana ‘factory’
As far as marijuana grow operations go, Joe Zambito’s was an elaborate one. That’s how a Superior Court judge described the marijuana “factory” police found in an industrial building at 3966 North...
View ArticleArmed robber sentenced to more than seven years behind bars
A Windsor man who held up a convenience store, sticking a pistol in a customer’s face, was sentenced Thursday to more than seven years in prison. Chavez Jasjuan Pabla, who also uses the surname Scott,...
View ArticleVideos and Blog Replay: Lev Tahor Hearings In Chatham
An Ontario Court Justice in Chatham has ordered children in the Lev Tahor sect to be returned to Quebec. The judge stayed his order, given parents of the children 30 days to appeal the ruling. Families...
View ArticleLev Tahor children ordered back to Quebec (With videos)
CHATHAM — An Ontario court judge Monday ordered that 13 children from Chatham’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish community of Lev Tahor be returned to Quebec and placed in foster care. But Justice Stephen Fuerth...
View Article‘Well-muscled man’ jailed for intimidating witness
Terrence Orval Spina delivered a drug dealer’s message to a witness who was going to testify against him at trial. Recant or else. Spina, 36, was sentenced Tuesday to six months in jail for...
View ArticlePolice brutality alleged in bank robber’s arrest
He may have robbed a couple of banks and a gas station, but he didn’t deserve to be beat up by police, says a man asking for a reduced jail sentence. Joseph David Reid, 29, says police used excessive...
View ArticleGreenhouse growers accused of harassment in $450,000 lawsuit
Off-colour jokes. Derogatory comments. Unwelcome advances. Laura Brinkmann says she put up with all sorts of sexual harassment while employed at the “boys club” known as the Ontario Greenhouse...
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