A former London police officer who pleaded guilty to harassment has avoided a criminal record.
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A Sarnia man’s appeal of his seven-year prison sentence and dangerous offender designation has been rejected by three judges in Ontario’s Appeal Court. Ronald Craig Hope, then 57, was arrested in May 2018 shortly after Sarnia police said he was wanted on charges including uttering threats to cause bodily harm and criminal harassment. He was […]
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Even though he’d dodged convictions on 11 of 12 charges, former London police officer Will Stephens appeared miserable from his vantage point in the courtroom. That may be because the 47-year-old former cop, who changed his name from Stephen Williams, was in the prisoner’s box during Ontario Court Justice George Orsini’s decision, after he was […]
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A Sarnia councillor whose behaviour has triggered complaints from city staff and the public won’t be able to attend city hall without the permission of council nor attend council meetings in person, city council has decided. The decision was made after a third-party investigation found Coun. Bill Dennis breached the city’s policy and program for […]
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The Crown is asking for a sentence of 16 1/2 years for the Sarnia man's unrelenting harassment and violation of women dating back to 2014.
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One calm September day, Big Abe LeBlanc set his fishing net in Lake Superior. Then he called law enforcement and turned himself in. What happened next changed fishing in the Great Lakes forever.
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A veteran London cop has resigned amid allegations he hired a sex-trade worker and insulted fellow officers on social media. Seven professional misconduct charges against Const. Juan Romero, 47, were stayed Friday after a tribunal heard the 20-year service member had resigned from the force. But that’s not the end of legal trouble for Romero, […]
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A man pleaded guilty in a London courtroom to 17 charges, including sexual assault, threatening bodily harm and criminal harassment
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London’s mayor and deputy mayor are critical of a colleague’s “bullying” of a senior city staffer, but disagree on a watchdog’s recommendation to dock her pay â which would be a first in recent memory. City council will consider Tuesday a report from the city’s integrity commissioner that found Ward
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A Sarnia councillor kicked out of council's last meeting for poor behaviour says he'll apologize so he can participate again when council next meets.
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An outspoken city councillor who recently launched a $200,000 lawsuit against the city of Sarnia and its top bureaucrat was expelled from a virtual city council meeting Tuesday by Mayor Mike Bradley following a profanity-laced tirade. Coun. Bill Dennis wasn’t present when the meeting resumed following his outburst in which