Day care workers accused of putting melatonin on children's food
The owner of a Manchester, New Hampshire, in-home day care and three workers are facing child endangerment charges after they were accused of sprinkling melatonin on children's food.
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The Canadian PressWife of Toronto gunman says two victims allegedly defrauded family of life savings
TORONTO — The gunman in a fatal Toronto shooting believed the two victims had defrauded his family, his wife said, as court records indicate the family was suing the pair after losing more than a million dollars in an alleged investment scam.
- People
15-Year-Old Accused of Stabbing Mom in Her Sleep Gave Bizarre Explanation About Why She Did It
Lexi Jade Brown, 15, has been charged with attempted murder and arson, police say
- People
Man Arrested in 23-Year-Old Cold Case Turns Out to Be Ex-Boyfriend of Victim's Daughter
Leslie Preer was found dead in her home in May 2001
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Lobster dealer sentenced to 5 years in prison for large fraud
A 58-year-old lobster dealer with a long and infamous past in southwest Nova Scotia has been handed five years in prison for defrauding a fisheries company of what the prosecutor in the case says was more than a million dollars.Terry Banks, a Brooklyn, N.S., man with a prior record for large-scale fraud, was sentenced Wednesday by Nova Scotia Supreme Court Justice Pierre Muise, in a case that reverberated in the lucrative lobster industry when charges were first laid in 2017.Crown prosecutor Ric
- People
Drunk Driver Drove to Work with Severed Arm of Pedestrian He Killed in the Passenger Seat, Police Say
Juan Morgan Munoz, 31, is allegely behind a fatal hit-and-run in Dallas
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Cousins found dead weeks apart in Dawson Creek, B.C.
RCMP have confirmed that two cousins who went missing in Dawson Creek, B.C., have been found dead weeks apart.On Tuesday, police announced they had identified the remains of Darylyn Supernant, who was 29 when she was last seen alive on March 15, 2023.Supernant's remains were found April 19, 2024, on the 219 Road of Dawson Creek, a city of approximately 12,000 residents about 750 kilometres northeast of Vancouver and 20 kilometres from the Alberta border. Police say DNA testing was done to confir
- People
Police Release Justin Timberlake’s Mug Shot After DWI Arrest in the Hamptons
The “Selfish” singer was arrested by the Sag Harbor Police Department early Tuesday, June 18
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Ex-youth worker handed 2-year sentence for sexual exploitation of 14-year-old in 1990
A former youth worker with Alberta Child and Family Services has been handed a two-year sentence for sexual exploitation.Beverly Allard, 65, had a years-long sexual relationship with a teenage boy starting in 1990.During the trial, court heard that Allard was 31-years-old when she began having sex with the then-14-year-old boy who CBC News is identifying as A.B. to comply with a publication ban on the victim's identity.On Wednesday, Court of King's Bench Justice Lisa Silver addressed Allard dire
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Failings in monitoring sex offender suspected of killing 19-year-old Leah Croucher, coroner concludes
A convicted sex offender who is the prime suspect of killing a 19-year-old woman was not properly monitored, a coroner has concluded. Senior coroner Tom Osborne said Leah Croucher, who had disappeared while walking to work, was murdered by Neil Maxwell on 15 February 2019. Detective Superintendent Kevin Brown told an inquest at Milton Keynes Coroner's Court that he believed "absolutely" that Ms Croucher was killed by Maxwell.
- People
21-Year-Old Arrested and Charged with Killing 15-Year-Old Girlfriend Just Before Her Middle School Graduation
Trevor Bady, 21, has been accused of fatally shooting Ahliana Dickey, 15, in Lowell, Massachusetts
- The Canadian Press
2 French boys are accused of raping a 12-year-old Jewish girl in an act of antisemitism
PARIS (AP) — Two adolescent boys in a Paris suburb have been given preliminary charges of raping a 12-year-old girl and religion-motivated violence, French authorities said Wednesday. A Jewish leader said the girl is Jewish.
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Man arrested in rape of 13-year-old after residents spot him
Community members helped identify a man who is accused of raping a 13 year old in Queens, New York.
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6-year-old boy struck and killed by school bus in Vaughan
A 6 year old boy has been struck and killed by a school bus in a residential area of Kleinburg. As Jaden Lee-Lincoln reports, a community now in mourning has had concerns about road safety in the area before.
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Update: Shane Ragland arrested, allegedly threatened to kill his mom, another woman
The man convicted of killing UK football player Trent DiGiuro allegedly ran over a his mother and another women’s legs with his electric wheelchair.
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Police identify 2 out of 3 killed in North York shooting
Toronto police have identified two out of three people killed in a shooting at a North York business on Monday.The victims are Arash Missaghi, 54, of Toronto, and Samira Yousefi, 44, of Concord, police said in a news release on Tuesday. Photos of the victims have not been released.Police said the third person who died, a 46-year-old man, is believed to be responsible for the killing. He was not named in the release.Police said they were called to a business on Mallard Road, near Don Mills Road,
- People
Plastic Surgeon Charged Over Death of Wife Who Suffered a Cardiac Arrest During Cosmetic Procedures
Dr. Benjamin Brown was charged with manslaughter on Monday, June 17
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Man pleads guilty to abduction of teen girl that prompted Amber Alert
Wilbur Crockwell, 73, is pleading guilty to abducting a 14-year-old girl last year in a case that prompted a rare Amber Alert in Newfoundland.Crockwell's case was called Wednesday morning in St. John's, where his lawyer, Robert Hoskins, said he'll be entering a guilty plea on the charge of abducting a person under the age of 16. He's also expected to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit abduction.Hoskins said they'll be asking the court for a pre-sentence report, which will provide the judge wit
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Teen arrested after South Carolina mother found dead with small children on side of road, official says
A Greenville teenager has been arrested in the case of a South Carolina woman found dead on the side of a road with her small children, deputies said.
- The Canadian Press
24 people charged in money laundering scheme involving Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, prosecutors say
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A five-year investigation by U.S. officials has uncovered a complex partnership between one of Mexico’s most notorious drug cartels and Chinese underground banking groups in the U.S. that laundered money from the sale of fentanyl, cocaine and other drugs, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.
- The Canadian Press
Sikh activists burn Modi effigy on anniversary of B.C. temple leader Nijjar's murder
SURREY, B.C. — Sikh activists marked the anniversary of the killing of British Columbia temple leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar by holding a mock murder trial for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday outside the Indian consulate in downtown Vancouver.