Archive for the ‘Crime’ Category
Sarnia officers assist London Police in investigation by executing search warrant
Sarnia Police say they assisted a London Police investigation by executing a search warrant in the 800 block of Colborne Road this morning. As a result, police said Colborne south of Rosedale Ave. was closed between approximately 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. today (Saturday, Feb. 4). First using what police call a "distraction device" (a [...]
Arrest made in recent robbery, suspect faces two charges
Sarnia Police have arrested Lewis Giuseppe Rising, 21, of no fixed address, for a robbery that occurred at a variety store in the 400 block of Exmouth on Jan. 21. The accused allegedly entered the store shortly after 4 a.m., armed with a knife, and robbed a 61 year old female clerk of a sum [...]
Former Sarnia teacher arrested and charged, again
Christopher McLister, 37, was arrested on Jan. 23 and faces a new charge of Criminal Harassment stemming from a no contact order put into place after he was convicted of Sexual Exploitation last year. McLister, formerly of Sarnia, plead guilty last year to sexual exploitation involving a local girl who was 17 when a sexual [...]
Man charged with attempted murder to be in court again on Feb. 9
Brian Carter Bentley, charged with attempted murder in what police have called an unprovoked attack, will make his next court appearance on Feb. 9. The 55 year old Sarnia man is charged in connection with a stabbing on Earlscourt Drive that happened Jan. 31. Bentley made his first appearance in Sarnia court by video link [...]
Man sentenced for committing brass-knuckled assault during a home invasion
Anthony Maurice George, 26, of Kettle Point, previously plead guilty to assaulting a man with brass knuckles and using a prohibited weapon, has been sentenced to six months in jail for his part in a home invasion. He had used the brass knuckles to beat another man during the invasion. Two men burst into a [...]
Arsonist sentenced for setting fires outside a home after seeing girlfriend with another man
Curtis Edward McBean, 22, of Plympton-Wyoming, has been sentenced in Sarnia to 22 days in jail for setting two fires outside a home to frighten a girlfriend that he saw with another man. McBean previously pled guilty to arson, harassment of the woman by watching a home, and damaging a vehicle. Defense attorney David Stoesser [...]
Sarnia Police responded to early morning call of a man being stabbed, suspect charged and remanded
Sarnia Police were called to an apartment complex on Earlscourt Drive Tuesday morning shortly after 9 a.m. to investigate a man being stabbed. On the scene, police allegedly found a 55 year old male in the parking lot carrying a bloody kitchen knife and a hammer. After initially resisting arrest and challening the police, the suspect was [...]
Police identify suspects in break and enter activities, clarify ‘airplane’ incident
In a clarification to yesterday's (Jan. 31) media release, Sarnia Police are now saying two men, one being held, the other sought, are not considered responsible for removing a plane from its Confederation Line facility in November. Police do, however, believe the pair removed other items from within the hangar used to store the aircraft [...]
Sarnia Police make arrests in connection with break and enter activity
Sarnia Police say they have arrested a 31-year-old Sarnia man and are looking for a 43-year-old man, also from Sarnia, in connection with several break and enters that have occurred since November 2011. Officers executed a search warrant on Monday (Jan. 30) just afte 3:30 p.m. in the 300 block of Davis Street, during which [...]
Yet another impaired driver nabbed
Sarnia Police say they have caught their third impaired driver for the month of February, this time at 3 a.m. Tuesday morning (Jan. 31). Police say they observed a vehicle leaving a parking lot in the area of Wellington and Finch Drive. They say the vehicle traveled westbound on Wellington, swerving in its lane, turning [...]






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