Crime

Online/New Media by rochekellyDecember 11, 2013December 14, 2013

Mall cops walk the beat for Christmas at annual CopShop day

SEE VIDEO http://www.ottawasun.com/videos/editors-picks/featured-ott/1213592866001/cops-shop-with-tots/2929499719001 City cops were walking the beat Wednesday, chasing deals instead of bad guys. They were serving as personal assistants for underprivileged children as the annual CopShop took place at Billings Bridge and Carlingwood shopping centres. “I’m buying clothes like, pants, stuff like that, shoes,” said Hasanain Obaid, 9. Armed with separate $100 […]

Online/New Media by rochekellyDecember 3, 2013December 8, 2013

Billings, Blair transit stations top list for assaults on Transpo

Billings Bridge and Blair transit stations top the list of reported assaults on OC Transpo property so far this year. Two out of 100 incidents special constables responded to between Jan. 1 and Nov. 23 were harassment-based — meaning 98 assaults. “That’s still just the tip of the iceberg,” said Julie Lalonde from anti-street harassment […]

Online/New Media by rochekellyDecember 3, 2013December 8, 2013

Rape Crisis Centre gets funding for ethnic, family violence

An estimated five to 10 incidents of honour-based violence took place in the capital last year, according to officials, and now the Ottawa Rape Crisis Centre is receiving funding to help young women suffering in silence. “People don’t talk about it. It’s an issue of, like most gender violence or domestic violence, where people won’t […]

Online/New Media by rochekellyNovember 27, 2013December 8, 2013

Australian found guilty of killing Canadian fiancee

OTTAWA – A heartbroken Ottawa mother sat in an Australian courtroom Wednesday to hear the verdict she’s awaited for two years. The jealous, controlling fiance her daughter nearly escaped from was convicted of murder after tossing her off their 15-storey balcony in Sydney, Australia. Australian Simon Gittany, 40, had pleaded not guilty to killing Lisa […]

Online/New Media by rochekellyNovember 24, 2013December 8, 2013

Shots shock Orléans residents

Under a sunny blue sky there was no blatant display of violence in a quiet east-end neighbourhood — unless you went right up to the corner house and squinted. There they were, six bullet holes in the siding. Shots were fired at 1880 Summerfields Cres., near Innes Rd. and Orléans Blvd., at 8:40 p.m. Saturday, […]

Online/New Media by rochekellyNovember 23, 2013November 24, 2013

Fifth man arrested in brutal Andrew Haydon Park beating

A fifth man has been arrested in connection with the vicious beating of a naked man found stabbed in a west-end park last Sunday. A nationwide warrant was issued Friday night for Fabrice Batubenga, 25. Less than 24 hours later, he was in Ottawa Police custody, although it’s unclear where he was picked up. Batubenga […]

Online/New Media by rochekellyNovember 21, 2013November 24, 2013

Ottawa squash player remembered as “passionate, witty”

Adrian “Dudz” Dudzicki was a warrior on the squash court and equally driven out of uniform. “He wanted to be successful in life,” said Squash Canada executive director and friend Danny Da Costa. “He was passionate, witty, you know, he loved the sport. He got along well with people.” Dudzicki, 23, was killed in Toronto […]

Online/New Media by rochekellyNovember 17, 2013November 24, 2013

Naked, stabbed man found in west-end park

A naked man with knife wounds was found in a west-end park Sunday. He was spotted under a tree near a parking lot in Andrew Haydon Park on Carling Ave. around 9:30 a.m. by a passerby who called 911. It’s unclear if the man, in his 20s, was stabbed or cut — by himself or […]

Online/New Media by rochekellyNovember 17, 2013November 24, 2013

Ottawa police officer killed in crash

BY DANIELLE BELL & KELLY ROCHE Police are mourning the loss of one of their own, after an Ottawa officer was killed in a head-on crash while on his way to work Sunday. Ottawa police Const. Mike Robillard, 32, never made it to start his shift. He leaves behind his wife and one child. Robillard […]

Crime by rochekellyNovember 11, 2013November 12, 2013

Cab company assures women taxis safe despite 2 sexual assault claims

The taxi industry is trying to assure women it’s safe to take a cab following two alleged sexual assaults in seven days. Cabbies move 20,000 people daily, and when it comes to reports of sex crimes, annually, “I can probably count them on the fingers of my left hand,” said Hanif Patni, president and CEO […]