Vicious circle for sex criminal
A convicted sex offender released from prison last Friday was arrested again later the same day.Kenneth Eardley Ross, 43, was released from Stony Mountain Institution after serving 41/2 years for aggravated assault and drug trafficking.
By JASON HALSTEAD, SUN MEDIA
Tragedy in Selkirk
SELKIRK — Autopsy results may become available today to shed more light on how a 26-year-old mother of three young kids died under mysterious circumstances in Selkirk on the weekend.By CHRIS KITCHING, SUN MEDIA
Hurt pride spurred strip-mall shooting, Crown says
Shamed and embarrassed after being bested in a street fight, Tam Le avenged his wounded pride by shooting Miguel Munoz in the head and heart, jurors were told yesterday.By DEAN PRITCHARD, SUN MEDIA
Police green team raids two dope plantations
Winnipeg police seized more than $2 million worth of marijuana plants when they shut down two grow operations on the same West End street Sunday and yesterday.Police said the grow ops are not connected, despite their proximity to each other. Two Winnipeg men are facing charges.
By SUN MEDIA
Shots fired, no one injured
Winnipeg police are investigating after shots were fired at a house in the West Broadway area of the city early yesterday.Police were called to a home in the 100-block of Langside Street about 12:30 a.m. after a male was seen with a gun outside the home.
By SUN MEDIA
Killer has long history of parole violations
A convicted killer who spent more than three months on the loose after he failed to return to his halfway house has a long history of violating his parole.George Clement Delorme, 50, is serving a life sentence for second-degree murder and other offences and has spent his entire adult life in the correctional system.
By ADAM CLAYTON, SUN MEDIA
Fire truck rammed
A fire truck was damaged by a hit-and-run driver yesterday at the scene of a stubborn blaze at a North End commercial building.The aerial ladder truck — its ladder hydraulics disabled and its wheels frozen in ice — was struck and damaged by a minivan early yesterday as crews remained on scene working to remove the truck.
By JASON HALSTEAD, SUN MEDIA
Man shot on Furby Street
Police were called to a two-storey home at 685 Furby St. near Cumberland Avenue about 3 a.m. yesterday. A 24-year-old man was found with a gunshot wound to the lower body and was taken to hospital, where he was listed in stable condition.By SUN MEDIA
Teen charged in robbery
A 17-year-old male has been charged after he allegedly robbed a gas station early Sunday.Winnipeg police said an armed male robbed the station, located in the 1000-block of Gateway Road, and then fled in a taxi with an undisclosed amount of cash.
By SUN MEDIA
Bar arson charge laid
A man is facing various arson charges after he allegedly started a fire just outside the entrance to the Westbrook Inn.Winnipeg police said a man was ejected from the bar, at Keewatin Street and Pacific Avenue, about 9:30 p.m. on Feb. 3.
By SUN MEDIA
Pellet gun fired at transit bus
Someone fired a pellet gun at a Winnipeg Transit bus in the North Point Douglas area Tuesday night, but police said no one was injured.By SUN MEDIA
Fake-gun robber jailed
Emboldened by a few drinks, Darren Richard thought he had a good plan.Armed with an imitation flint-lock pistol, he walked out of his Mountain Avenue apartment last September intent on robbing “the first person he saw,” a court heard yesterday.
By DEAN PRITCHARD, SUN MEDIA
‘I was trying to protect him’
The one-time girlfriend of a man accused of fatally shooting Miguel Munoz told jurors yesterday she misled police when first questioned about the killing.“I had feelings for him. I didn’t want him to go to jail,” the 22-year-old woman testified. “I told (police) the truth but not the whole truth because I was still trying to protect him.”
By DEAN PRITCHARD, SUN MEDIA
Man hides to make jewelry heist
A man stole thousands of dollars worth of jewelry after he hid inside Sears at Polo Park Shopping Centre, waited for staff to leave, and then cleaned out display cases, city police said.By Chris Kitching, SUN MEDIA
Counsellor guilty of molesting man trying to ‘live straight’
A former Christian college instructor found guilty of repeatedly molesting a young man who sought counselling after he feared he was homosexual has been sentenced to nine months in jail.By Dean Pritchard, SUN MEDIA
