Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell announced new proposed legislation that would address "swarming" attacks with at least three people or more attacking a victim. The legislation would create a new crime classification called "swarming." Swarming would be defined as an attacker "aided by two or more accomplices" and would be classified as a Class 4 felony.
Investigators in York Region are looking for five teen boys who are suspected of sexually assaulting a girl in Vaughan.Officers were called to the area of Norwood Avenue and Jane Street, near Canada's Wonderland theme park, around 1 a.m. Sunday for a report of a sexual assault, York police said in a news release Tuesday.Police say a female youth was approached by a group of "at least" five teenage boys she didn't know at that time.The boys brought the victim to another location where they allege
A woman arrested as a result of a Toronto police fraud investigation has a lengthy history of fraud charges in Canada and the United States, CBC Toronto has learned.Toronto police said in a news release last month that the force had arrested Jodi-Ann Bonnick, a 33-year-old from Kleinburg, Ont., and charged her with more than two dozen criminal offences, including making false statements to procure money, fraud over $5,000 and possession of proceeds obtained by crime.Toronto police had previously
HOUSTON (AP) — A former Houston police officer was sentenced to 60 years in prison on Tuesday for the murder of a married couple during a drug raid that revealed systemic corruption in the department’s narcotics unit and prompted criticism of the law enforcement agency and its tactics.
Sabrina Kauldhar was arrested following the deaths of a woman and two men in Toronto, Niagara and Hamilton, according to police
For years, Lyle Menendez, 56, fought to be transferred to the San Diego prison where his younger brother, Erik Menendez, 53, has been housed since 2013
WARNING: This story contains a graphic image of a burn victim.A woman in her 40s was arrested last week in Longueuil, Que., after allegedly throwing boiling water at a 10-year-old boy when he was walking by her home.The Service de police de l'agglomération de Longueuil (SPAL) says the boy was scalded on Oct. 2 by a woman who lives in a multi-residential building near the intersection of Curé-Poirier Boulevard East and Chambly Road.CBC News is not naming the boy because he is a minor who is the v
A Halifax woman convicted in the murder of Loretta Saunders has been granted a 30-day, unescorted absence from prison to help her prepare for the potential end of her time in custody.Victoria Lea Henneberry, 39, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in April 2015 and was given an automatic life sentence with no chance of parole for 10 years.With that date fast approaching, the Parole Board of Canada has granted Henneberry a 30-day pass so she can live in a halfway house, attend programs and do
It was haunting, at the end of the trial that found her murderer Hamid Ayoub guilty, to hear a message Hanadi Mohamed wrote to her tormentor of many years — the abusive husband she had finally left — nine months before he stabbed her dozens of times, taking her life.Translated to English from Arabic, it opens: "I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed devil. In the name of God, the most gracious, the most merciful."Mohamed wrote in anguished tones of being slapped, kicked, beaten and insulted by
A trial began Monday for three men accused of "viciously and unrelentingly" beating a man to death in southeast Calgary.Justin Boucher, 31, Ronald Abraham, 42, and Robert Sims, 31, are on trial for first-degree murder in the February 2022 death.At the time, victim Chad Kowalchuk, 53, suffered from health issues and spent a lot of time in his room at the Douglasdale home. On Monday, prosecutor Vicki Faulkner delivered an opening statement to jurors, outlining the Crown's case against the three ac
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Philadelphia family court judge has been suspended without pay for the last three months of his time on the bench after the Court of Judicial Discipline determined his politically charged social media posts violated jurists' behavioral standards.
Steven Valle and Samantha Sebella have been charged with murder, among other offenses, but their connection to the two children is not clear
Hoyt Webb, 36, of Idaho, said he was filming "the homeless epidemic" when he shot an unarmed homeless man in June, authorities say
VANCOUVER — Vancouver Police say they are conducting an investigation into a pro-Palestinian protest marking the Oct. 7 anniversary of the Hamas attacks on Israel where they say speakers expressed "solidarity with terrorist groups."
The homicide occurred in July on Tacoma’s Scott Pierson Trail.
Shaquille Carawan is facing two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of second-degree murder in the Oct. 2 stabbing deaths of Novely Rivers and Abigail Olson
The girl says she wanted to punch and slap a teacher but "never wished anyone to be dead".
OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre was not allowed to speak in the House of Commons Tuesday as his public feud with Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly spilled into a second day.
Three men and one woman are facing 142 charges after an investigation into 17 stolen vehicles recovered in Scarborough, Toronto police said Tuesday. Police said in a news release the stolen vehicles were recovered in the area of Neilson and Ellesmere roads between July and September. The three men — aged 19, 21 and 22 — were part of a criminal operation that left the vehicles there to "cool off" after stealing them, police allege. A woman was also arrested in connection with the thefts.After exe
She was originally sentenced to 10 months in jail with the option of work release.
A 95-year-old man has been charged after a Guelph woman was struck and killed by a car while crossing a parking lot in Guelph.On the afternoon of Sept. 26, police say a Chevrolet sedan was leaving the parking lot of a retail store on Eramosa Road near Stevenson Street N., when it hit two people who were walking across the parking lot to enter the store.The woman, 72, sustained severe injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. A man, 74, was taken to Guelph General Hospital with minor injurie
