“Hero” charged with sex assault
CALGARY — An Alberta RCMP officer to be honoured with a Governor General’s Award for heroism is also facing charges of sexual assault.By THE CANADIAN PRESS
Victim fights off attempted car-jacker
A 60-year-old woman suffered a cut to her finger when she got into a scuffle with a knife-wielding man who tried to carjack her yesterday morning, city police said.By Chris Kitching, SUN MEDIA
Police arrest two after “smash and grab” break ins
City police have arrested two men who allegedly committed smash-and-grab break-ins at six businesses in northwest Winnipeg.By Chris Kitching, SUN MEDIA
Police make special delivery
Winnipeg police made a special delivery to the Winnipeg Remand Centre on Tuesday — a man accused of stealing 68 newspaper drop boxes.Police allege a male stole the boxes to steal the coins inside. It wasn’t a profitable crime, said police spokesman Const. Jason Michalyshen.
By Chris Kitching, SUN MEDIA
Pervert who sexually assaulted girl, 3, awaits his fate
A 22-year-old Winnipeg man who sexually assaulted a three-year-old girl attending his mother’s home day care will have to wait a few more weeks to learn if he will be going to jail or be allowed to serve his sentence under house arrest.By SUN MEDIA
Long jail term likely
A 16-year-old boy is likely facing an 11-year prison sentence for a violent, blood-soaked morning that saw him beat one man to death with a fence picket and nearly kill a second.Luke Beardy pleaded guilty yesterday to manslaughter for the September 2007 beating death of 21-year-old Kyle Boss and to aggravated assault for beating an innocent passerby several hours earlier.
By DEAN PRITCHARD, SUN MEDIA
Racist slurs carved into vehicles at dealership
A vandalism spree has wreaked havoc on an Assiniboia car dealership, with racist slurs literally carved into nearly half of its vehicles.By ROSS ROMANIUK, SUN MEDIA
Dad ‘just shocked’
A Winnipeg father says he was shocked to learn a veteran Winnipeg cop has been accused of molesting two 11-year-old boys, considering his own son once slept at the officer’s house.By CHRIS KITCHING, SUN MEDIA
Hey, jerk — you proud?
I get many requests to advertise lost or stolen property, pets, etc. Found stuff too. Much as I’d like to help, most of that information belongs in the classifieds.By LAURIE MUSTARD
Info on suspects worth money
Jarrod Lee Spence, 40, is wanted for two counts of breach of probation. In June, he broke a no-contact order when he broke into an apartment and assaulted the resident.By BOB HOLLIDAY
Gunfire on the streets?
Police are investigating after a car chase on Pembina Highway may have ended in shots being fired in broad daylight yesterday afternoon.By ADAM CLAYTON, SUN MEDIA
Vigilante justice
Wendy Nelson isn’t happy about it, but she did what most enraged parents would hope to do if a pervert laid a hand on their child — a bit of vigilante justice.By CHRIS KITCHING, SUN MEDIA
An initiation into evil
An Island Lake teen has been sentenced to 18 months in jail after a 13-year-old boy was nearly beaten to death during a brutal gang initiation and then thrown into a garbage dumpster.By DEAN PRITCHARD, SUN MEDIA
Fatal gun-foolery
A 27-year-old man accused of fatally shooting his friend by accident in Winnipeg’s inner-city Sunday is on probation and banned for life from possessing firearms, court records reveal.By CHRIS KITCHING, SUN MEDIA
Man dead in shooting
A man is dead after an inner-city shooting but police say it’s too early to tell whether he was shot accidentally or was the victim of a homicide.By ADAM CLAYTON, SUN MEDIA
