'CRUEL AND SADISTIC:' Laura Brahaney branded a dangerous offender
Laura Brahaney seemed to take pleasure in it all, and, out of fear that her "cruel and sadistic crimes" would escalate to murder, an Ottawa judge branded her a dangerous offender on Friday for...
View ArticleMeth-addicted driver whose 'deadly choices' killed teen faces prison term
It was nearing the end of another day at work for pest-control man Nathan Foster-Hunt, when, on Jan. 20, 2017, the meth addict took near-lethal doses of the powerful drug and got behind the wheel of...
View ArticleThree more women file complaints to Ottawa police about accused rapist
Days after insurance salesman Paul Batchelor was acquitted in two rape trials, three more Ottawa women have complained to police about the accused rapist. Read More
View ArticleMeth-impaired driver who killed teen jailed for six years
There are times down at the Ottawa courthouse where, at the end of trial, the life of a victim is overshadowed by the life of a killer. Read More
View ArticleJailed fentanyl dealer launches GoFundMe to pay for beauty school
Ottawa’s Cortney Rattray-Johnson, serving eight years for selling fentanyl, has launched a GoFundMe account to finance beauty school once she’s released from prison. Rattray-Johnson, 29, was arrested...
View ArticleOttawa man on trial for child porn, filming girl at mall
Chris Alan Jones, 42, didn't waste any time on the first break of his trial to head outside the Elgin Street courthouse Monday for some fresh air and a quick smoke. He had cigarettes but no lighter,...
View ArticleCrown appeals rape acquittals of Paul Batchelor
Weeks after Paul Batchelor won stunning acquittals in two rape cases, Ontario Crown attorneys have served the former insurance salesman a notice of appeal, claiming the trial judge made errors that...
View ArticleThe 'cowardly and vicious' slaying of Dub B — 'the life of the party'
By all accounts, Brian "Dub B" Boucher was the life of the party — even when there was no party. Read More
View ArticleOttawa killer arrested in Thunder Bay
Matthew Land, who has a lengthy criminal record including a 2000 conviction for manslaughter in Ottawa, is in custody again after a police raid in Thunder Bay. Read More
View ArticleAccused Ottawa rapist investigated in another sex assault case 15 years ago
Fifteen years before accused rapist Paul Batchelor was put on trial for rape in Ottawa earlier this year, he was investigated for another sexual assault by police in rural Ontario. The former insurance...
View ArticleOttawa cop pleads guilty to dangerous, impaired driving
Nothing's ever been quite the same for Ottawa police Const. Umer Khan since that night at a ByWard Market strip joint when a deranged man pressed a loaded .38 revolver to his head and squeezed the...
View ArticleErratic driver pleads guilty to uOttawa mayhem that had students running for...
The erratic driver of a stolen minivan who in March blazed a terrifying trail of mayhem at the University of Ottawa that sent panicked students running for their lives pleaded guilty Friday. Read More
View ArticleBorutski once tried to kill him: Now he's at the centre of a murder-for-hire...
The 'Fat Man' who cheated death in Basil Borutski's 2015 killing rampage now finds himself at the centre of a murder-for-hire plot hatched at the Innes Road jail. Read More
View ArticleChased to death: Ottawa drug dealer guilty after teen plunges 16 storeys
Ottawa crack dealer Liban Gure, 31, used to walk into the Elgin Street courthouse smiling. He wasn’t smiling on Thursday when he was found guilty of manslaughter in the May 15, 2017, death of Ahmed...
View Article'Good kid from a good family' admits showing off loaded handgun at Ottawa...
It's the last thing you'd want to show off at junior high school these days, but an Ottawa schoolboy couldn't help himself after finding it in his parents' basement, stuffed in an old sock and hidden...
View ArticleMichael Swan killer walks free after pleading guilty to lesser charge of...
Michael Swan's grieving family has been spared a fourth murder trial after one of their son's killers pleaded guilty on Tuesday to manslaughter in the 2010 home invasion that left the Barrhaven teen...
View ArticleConvicted rapists walk out of Ottawa court, skip town and prison
Two international students — both convicted in the gang rape of a young Ottawa woman — have skipped town and possibly the country. Read More
View ArticleOttawa arsonist under investigation in drunk-driving death while on parole
Robert Patrick Gill, the Bank Street arsonist who spread fears of terrorism after setting fires at the offices of a U.S. defence contract agency and the High Commission of Bangladesh in 2008, is now...
View ArticleOttawa arsonist cleared in deadly crash
Robert Patrick Gill, the Bank Street arsonist who caused $7-million in damage in 2008, has been cleared by police in a deadly crash while he was on parole and living at a halfway house in North Bay....
View ArticleOttawa extortionist faces sentencing in online scheme to get young women to...
In an elaborate online extortion scheme designed to get young women to perform sexually-degrading acts live on the internet for his own gratification, Ryan McCann preyed on five young women — one of...
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