Wednesday, April 6, 2005

Two Counts Assault

49-year old male will appear in bail court this morning after City Police attended at a downtown residence yesterday morning for a domestic dispute. Yesterday the accused allegedly threatened to shoot and kill his wife if she called the police while they were having an argument. When officers arrived the victim advised she had been assaulted by the accused on the 4th. It is alleged on that date the accused grabbed the victim by the hair, threw her to the ground and kicked her in the chest and back. The victim did not require medical treatment at the time. The accused has been charged with one count of threatening the cause death or bodily harm and two counts of assault.

Male Attempts to Obstruct Justice

Yesterday afternoon officers from the Fraud Unit charged 45-year old John Pugh of 1547 Trunk Road with one count of uttering a forged document, one count of fabricating evidence and one count of attempt to obstruct justice. It is alleged that in November the accused submitted a forged receipt to the courts at a sentencing date indicating that the accused had repaid a complainant some money. This caused the Judge to act upon the forged receipt as if it were genuine. The accused will appear in court on May 9th.


News Release April 4th

On April 1st officers from the Street Team executed a search warrant at 32 Elmwood Avenue and located a stolen IBM laptop computer that had been taken from the United Way. 20-year old Michael Joseph and 20-year Corey Paquette (f) both of 32 Elmwood Avenue have each been charged with one count of possession of property obtained by crime. They will both appear in court on May 2nd.

Update to above news release:

During the above search officers located a digital video projector valued at $8,000. This had been stolen from the Forest Research Centre. Both Mr. Joseph and Ms. Paquette have each been charged with an additional count of possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000. Their court date will remain the same.

Female Charges with Theft

57-year old Barbara Espie of RR#1 Desbarats was arrested yesterday afternoon at Sears Store in the Station Mall after she allegedly attempted to steal approximately $150 worth of clothing. She was apprehended by store security and turned over to the City Police. She has been charged with one count of theft under $5,000 and will appear in court on April 25th.

Male Charged with Theft under $5000

36-year old Mark Reed of 29 Pentagon Blvd allegedly stole a $230 pair of sunglasses yesterday afternoon from Soo Optical located at 955 Queen Street East. Police who were in the area apprehended the accused. Mr. Reed has been charged with one count of theft under $5,000 and will appear in court on April 25th.

City Transit Shelter Damaged

Yesterday City Transit reported one of their shelters had its glass broken after someone threw a sign through the glass. The shelter is located on Northern Avenue near Willow. If you know who is responsible for this act of mischief, call City Police or Crime Stoppers at 942-7867.

Fraud

Yesterday afternoon around 4 pm officers attended at the Cambrian Mall regarding a male attempting a short change scam. The male attended at 3 stores in the mall, used a $100 bill to purchase a small ticket item, then took the $100 back and started to pay with smaller bills, confusing the staff, and then demanding change for the $100 bill he had originally produced. The male is described as being approximately 50 years old, possibly of East Asian or Arabic descent, 5’8” tall, medium build, dark complexion, lots of facial hair, black hair of medium length which is combed to the side and very wavy. The male was wearing dark clothing. The male was successful in obtaining a small-undisclosed amount of money from the Hollywood Beauty Salon. This appears to be a different male than the matter reported approximately 2 weeks ago with the $50 bill. If you are a victim of this male, please contact the City Police at 949-6300.