St. Thomas resident charged with assaulting police officer

A St. Thomas resident faces charges, including assaulting a police officer, after a man sought by police was arrested Sunday.

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St. Thomas police said they learned of the location of a suspect sought on charges including theft and mischief and failing to comply with both a release order and terms of probation. The suspect tried to strike and push an officer while being arrested, St. Thomas police said.

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A 28-year-old St. Thomas resident is charged with assaulting a peace officer, resisting a peace officer and failing to comply with probation, police said.

Woman charged after home’s window broken with hammer

A woman has been charged after Chatham-Kent police were called about a window being smashed with a hammer.

Officers responded to a home on George Street in Ridgetown at 4:30 p.m. Sunday for a mischief investigation, police said.

Officers learned a woman had broken the window with a hammer, police said. The woman has a history of harassing an individual who lived there and their family, police said.

A 40-year-old Ridgetown woman was arrested and charged with criminal harassment and mischief.

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