Ashley Bourget told the police officer she should have been given “a Purple Heart” instead of a first-degree murder charge. “I shouldn’t go to jail for murder. I should get a Purple Heart instead,” she said through loud sobs during her police interview on June 16, 2021, referring to the U.S. military honour. The interview […]
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A couple who own an east London pizzeria say they're sad and angry after a thief smashed a glass door at the restaurant and stole about $250.
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A Kettle Point woman has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison for firing multiple gunshots at another woman during a fight.
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A London man faces drug and weapons charges after officers seized more than $100,000 in drugs and gear, city police said Wednesday. Officers responding to reports of a man with a gun in the 400 block of Thompson Road in the city’s east end Friday arrested a suspect without incident and searched a home, police […]
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Even in the clutter of Ashley Bourget’s small Adelaide Street apartment, the black baseball bat was hard to miss.
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If it hadn’t been for the trees, Grant Norton’s body might have been lost in the Forest City.
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Three people face multiple drug-related charges after searches at two residences in London and one in St. Thomas yielded $100,000 worth of suspected narcotics, including crack cocaine and fentanyl, police said. A series of searches that began Tuesday at 5 a.m. uncovered unspecified quantities of suspected drugs including cocaine, psilocybin, oxycodone, fentanyl, crack cocaine and […]
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A killer and rapist who terrorized Southern Ontario in 1990 will be released from prison without an escort to attend a 60-day program
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A Scarborough woman is charged with theft after police say a pedestrian had her jewelry stolen by someone who gave her a necklace
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Ontario’s parole enforcement unit is looking for a man wanted on a Canada-wide arrest warrant who has ties to London and Sarnia. The OPP-led repeat offender parole enforcement (ROPE) squad is asking the public for help locating Joshua Gray, 44, who is serving a nearly seven-year sentence for armed robbery, drug possession for the purpose […]
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AYLMER – Caitlin Strong says she has suffered sleepless nights and is considering moving after her beloved dogs were shot near her rural home. Strong, who lives on a two-hectare property outside of Aylmer with her husband Robert Jordan, last saw her two German shepherds alive when she let them outside around 1:15 p.m. Saturday. […]
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A group of people travelling in an SUV stole jewelry and cash in daytime break-ins at homes throughout London on Thursday, police say