Tag: crime
Police seek witnesses to Friday night’s drive-by shooting in Kanata
The Ottawa Police Service is currently investigating a shooting that took place on the 30th day of March 2018. At approximately 9:30PM, three males were driving a compact 4 door…
Two men shot in Kanata, police close Eagleson as criminal investigation continues
UPDATE (SATURDAY): Police seek witnesses to drive-by shooting UPDATE (Saturday): The Kanata Centrum BIA sent out this note about a planned children’s event today: “There was an incident last night…
Late-night dog walk leads to arrest in Fairwinds vehicle thefts
(PHOTO: Michael Sinclair and Jacob, his 8-year-old German Shepherd, sniffing out crime in their neighbourhood.) Two people have been arrested in connection to a series of thefts from vehicles in…
Police offer Kijiji tips after two thefts on Monday night
(via Ottawa Police) The Ottawa Police Service Robbery Unit has laid charges in two overnight robberies that both started with the sale of cell phones using a popular social media…
Police seek “persons of interest” in robbery of Uber driver
(via Ottawa Police) Update, Sept 9: Persons of interest and suspect identified Following the media release yesterday, two of the three persons depicted in the attached image, as well as…
LOST & FOUND: How Kathleen Edwards got her guitar back
(PHOTO: Kathleen Edwards and her guitar with Russell Mason and his dogs Riggin and Beans, standing at the bench in Bell Park where Mason found the instrument. Photo by Barry…
Police looking for missing man last seen near Hazeldean, possibly armed
UPDATE, MARCH 8: The Ottawa Citizen has a more details about the events on Friday from a bank hold-up on Hazeldean Road to the police incident in Toronto that evening. UPDATE, SATURDAY,…
Police ask for help investigating break-in at Hazeldean Running Room
(via Ottawa Police) The Ottawa Police Service Break and Enter Unit is investigating a Break and Enter and theft where the front glass was smashed at the Running Room, a…
VIDEO: “Mailbox bandit” making the rounds in Fairwinds
A couple of residents got in touch with StittsvilleCentral.ca today to share a video that they say shows a man checking mailboxes in the Fairwinds area in the middle of the…
Meet Constable Phong Le, our new community police officer
There’s a new community police officer on duty in Stittsville. Constable Phong Le (pictured above, photo by Barry Gray) has taken over the position from Constable Lori Fahey. Reporter Victoria Klassen talked to…
COMMENTS OF THE WEEK: Getting involved in community safety
We received a lot of comments this week on our editorial Residents, not just police, have a role to play in community safety, written in response to a very low turn-out…
Cocaine and currency seized on David Manchester Road
(Press release from the Ottawa Police.) On Friday November 27th, 2015, the Ottawa Police Service Drug Unit with the assistance of the Tactical Team executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances…
COMMENT: Residents, not just police, have a role to play in community safety
One morning earlier this year, residents living near A. Lorne Cassidy school in Crossing Bridge woke up to find broken beer bottles and garbage all over the school’s playground. The residents had a…
The Glen asks for help to locate scrooge who stole Santa
UPDATE (Nov 30): Santa has been returned home safely to The Glen. “Someone ran in, dropped him off, and ran back out.” From the The Glen Scottish Pub & Restaurant:…
RESPONSE: Accusations of vandalism unfair to teens
EDITOR’S NOTE: This column comes from Connor Boudreau, a Grade 12 student at Sacred Heart High School. We invited him to submit it in response to an article published last week, ‘Bored teenagers’…