Tag: assault
Police blotter: Norfolk resident faces assault with weapon charge
Norfolk resident faces assault with weapon charge A Norfolk County resident is facing assault charges after an incident in Simcoe earlier this week. Police responded to Fourteenth Street on Monday…
Man arrested for aggravated assault and rape
The plaintiff has not yet been properly questioned, but has told that she was subjected to extensive sexual violence, according to prosecutor Kajsa Hultqvist. “Some of the details in her…
Man seriously injured in possible assault in Sarnia
Sarnia police were investigating a possible assault Saturday at a vacant lot next to the Good Shepherd’s Lodge homeless shelter on Confederation Street. Police cruisers were parked at the site…
Woodstock mayor seeking re-election amid sexual assault charges
News Local News Woodstock Mayor Trevor Birtch (Jason Dunham/Special to Postmedia Network) Woodstock Mayor Trevor Birtch, who faces sexual assault charges involving two complainants, will seek re-election this fall. This…
Frail senior feels to prison for historic sexual assault
News Local News Simcoe Courthouse Photo by Susan Gamble A Norfolk man who victimized multiple male teenagers was sentenced to the penitentiary last month despite his age and frail health,…
influential Cardinal Ouellet accused of sexual assault, Vatican embarrassment
Cardinal Marc Ouellet, cited for a time among the favorites to become pope, is accused of sexual assault. A woman explains that she was forcibly kissed and touched when he…
Man facing domestic assault charges
News Local News Chatham-Kent police responded Wednesday afternoon to a domestic dispute on Dufferin Avenue in Wallaceburg. Chatham-Kent police responded Wednesday afternoon to a domestic dispute on Dufferin Avenue in…
Wallaceburg man charged with assault, forcible confinement
News Local News A 38-year-old Wallaceburg man has been charged with domestic-related offenses after Chatham-Kent police were called to a Wallaceburg residence on Monday. Chatham-Kent Police A 38-year-old Wallaceburg man…
Fatah warlord Ibrahim al-Nabulsi killed in Israeli assault
Public enemy number one for the Israelis was shot dead in Nablus on Tuesday morning. Ibrahim al-Nabulsi, a Fatah warlord, had taken refuge in a house in the occupied West…
The US amphibious assault ship has left the port of Helsinki – see EPN’s reporter’s report from the ship’s deck
A ship the size of two and a half football fields heads for Hanko. The joint military exercise between the United States and Finland starts on Wednesday and lasts for…