Posts Tagged ‘crime’

Arrested… again, Ottawa man faces more charges

Sarnia Police Service cruiser

Some people never learn. Sarnia Police said today the 27-year-old Ottawa man that was arrested on Friday for Break and Enter ended up in police custody again yesterday. He had been released on a Recognizance of Bail by a Justice on Jul. 14. The man was seen in the area of Ann and Stuart Streets [...]

Police looking for suspects in weekend break and enters

Sarnia Police Service (Thumb)

On Jul. 13, Sarnia Police responded to a residence on Southern Avenue to take a report of a break and enter to a residential home. The house had allegedly been ransacked with drawers and cupboards opened and furniture moved about. A 60-year-old woman and her grandson had slept thru the incident.  A back door had [...]

Cyclist with no lights stopped, alcohol found and suspect in breach of probation conditions arrested

Sarnia Police Service

A Sarnia police officer on patrol had to break suddenly last Friday to avoid hitting a cyclist who was darting out of a parking lot without a light. On Jul. 13 around 9:15 p.m. a Sarnia Police COPPS officer was on a routine patrol in the area of Confederation and Vanier Roads. The officer had [...]

Sarnia police respond to break and enter at local business, Ottawa man arrested

Break and Enter

A 27-year-old man from Ottawa was found inside a downtown business on his unluckiest day, Friday, July 13, 2012. Sarnia Police responded to a 911 call just before 11 p.m. about a break and enter in progress at a business on the 100-block of North Christina that was not open at the time. Police gained [...]

Update: Collision on Christina and Nelson Streets

Collision on Christina and Nelson Streets in Sarnia on July 15, 2012

Sarnia Police are investigating an accident yesterday involving a blue Ford Mustang being driven by a 23-year-old male that collided with two pedestrians at the corner of Christina and Nelson Streets yesterday afternoon. A 17-year old female from Sarnia and a 17-year-old male from Petrolia were struck as they walked west along Christina Street yesterday [...]

Two small fires on the same day

Fire

Sarnia Police responded to two small fires in opposite ends of the city on Jul. 12. Around 3:30 p.m., police went to the 300-block of South Brock Street after a portion of a residential deck and fence caught fire. A man driving by saw the smoke coming from behind the house. He apparently gained control [...]

Three men arrested in 12 hours

Sarnia Police Service

Sarnia police said that July 12 was a busy day for arrests this year, ending in three arrests over a 12 hour timeframe. Just after 10 a.m., a COPPS officers went to a home in the 200-block of Devine Street trying to find a 34-year-old Sarnia man wanted on outstanding warrants. He was wanted on [...]

Racial slur spray-painted on side of Muslim-owned Nelson Street Variety final straw owners who have had enough

Culprits spray painted racial slurs on the side of Nelson Street Variety

People like to think that racism doesn't exist in their community, but Amal Alali and her family could tell a very different story. Earlier this week, vandals, or racists as some assert, spray painted the word 'raghead' on the side of the Muslim-owned Nelson Street Variety, a local convenience store that is, for all intents [...]

Two more charges in recent metal thefts

Copper is one type of metal often associated with metal theft

Sarnia Police said that two more people have been charged in relation to the theft of metals from two different Sarnia businesses in June. A 24-year-old woman and a 36-year-old man, both from Sarnia, were arrested yesterday and jointly charged with Possession of Stolen Property Under $5,000 and Fraud Under $5,000 in relation to theft [...]

Police worried about increased use of often deadly alternatives to de-listed OxyContin

Sarnia is seeing a marked increase of prescription drug abuse of de-listed Oxycontin alternatives like Fentanyl and, in some cases, street drugs like heroin

Sarnia Police has said that they've seen a marked increase in the use of often deadly prescription and street drugs that are filling the void left by the recent de-listing of OxyContin. In June, Sarnia Police investigated the death of a 46-year-old woman who overdosed on Fentanyl. This prescription painkiller has seen an increase in [...]