Gordon Paul

Waterloo

Reporter at Waterloo Region Record

Reporter at Waterloo Region Record, Kitchener, Ont., [email protected]

Articles

Cambridge man crashed Jeep, hid in bush, dodged criminal record

2 weeks ago | therecord.com | Gordon Paul

A Cambridge man crashed his Jeep in a rural area, fled on foot and hid in the bush, court was told. When police found him almost two hours after the crash, breath tests revealed his blood-alcohol level was above the legal driving limit. But the man, 58, did not plead guilty to impaired driving, only the non-criminal charges of careless driving and failing to remain at an accident. He admitted he drank alcohol before the 6:24 a.m. crash, but also said he drank after the crash. Last Sept.
We deliver! Kitchener driver caught with magic mushrooms, cannabis

3 weeks ago | therecord.com | Gordon PaulReporter |Gordon Paul

It was a delivery business with a twist. A driver nabbed for speeding was not transporting pizza or wings but magic mushrooms and cannabis. “He was a delivery man for someone who had set up a website,” defence lawyer Hal Mattson told Kitchener court Wednesday. “There are a million websites that you can go on and order all of these products.”Police pulled over the driver in January 2024 after he was clocked at 94 kilometres per hour in a 40 km/h zone on Huron Road in Kitchener.
Cambridge sisters avoid criminal records for beating up school bully

3 weeks ago | therecord.com | Gordon PaulReporter |Gordon Paul

Two sisters who beat up a school bully have dodged criminal records. One of them, a 14-year-old, was granted an absolute discharge last November; her sister, 18, got the same sentence last week. The younger sister “snapped” after a group of 10 students “fat-shamed” her at school for seven months, court was told.
Cambridge sisters avoid criminal records for beating up school bully

3 weeks ago | cambridgetimes.ca | Gordon Paul

Two sisters who beat up a school bully have dodged criminal records. One of them, a 14-year-old, was granted an absolute discharge last November; her sister, 18, got the same sentence last week. The younger sister “snapped” after a group of 10 students “fat-shamed” her at school for seven months, court was told.
Teen sentenced for setting fire to Pride flag outside Kitchener school

3 weeks ago | therecord.com | Gordon PaulReporter |Gordon Paul

A teenager who set fire to a Pride flag outside a Kitchener high school was sentenced to probation and ordered to do 40 hours of community service after pleading guilty to mischief. The flag was set ablaze around 2:20 p.m. on a school day in September 2023. The crime was caught on surveillance video. Four youths were allegedly involved.
Dead battery sinks Kitchener drunk driver

3 weeks ago | therecord.com | Gordon PaulReporter |Gordon Paul

A drunk driver was betrayed by his car. On Jan. 21, the Kitchener man, 28, abandoned his car on Ottawa Street South near Homer Watson Boulevard after the battery died, court was told Friday. The driver planned to call for a battery boost, but his phone battery also died. He left the scene, apparently to find another way to call for a boost. When police arrived, the driver was not there. An officer saw open containers of alcohol near the driver’s seat, said Crown prosecutor Jeffrey Wyngaarden.
Kitchener man, 63, spat in bank employee’s face

4 weeks ago | therecord.com | Gordon PaulReporter |Gordon Paul

A 63-year-old Kitchener man who spat in the face of a bank employee and committed an indecent act in a wine store pleaded guilty to two charges Wednesday. Last October, he was verbally abusive to a female teller at the CIBC on King Street East in Kitchener, court was told. When a financial planner asked him to leave, the man spat in his face and punched him in the temple, knocking his glasses to the floor. Police found the man behind the bank.
Kitchener drunk driver blames high blood-alcohol level on booze he drank the night before

4 weeks ago | therecord.com | Gordon PaulReporter |Gordon Paul

A drunk driver arrested in the late afternoon blamed his high blood-alcohol readings on the amount of booze he drank the night before. His neighbour called police Jan. 19 at 4:30 p.m. She said she saw him drinking and then drive off in a Dodge Ram pickup truck, court was told Wednesday. Officers found the man, 48, in the Ram in the parking lot of The Beer Store on Victoria Street North in Kitchener. He brought in empties and returned to his truck with 24 cans of Busch Light.
Kitchener man, 63, spat in bank employee’s face

4 weeks ago | cambridgetimes.ca | Gordon Paul

A 63-year-old Kitchener man who spat in the face of a bank employee and committed an indecent act in a wine store pleaded guilty to two charges Wednesday. Last October, he was verbally abusive to a female teller at the CIBC on King Street East in Kitchener, court was told. When a financial planner asked him to leave, the man spat in his face and punched him in the temple, knocking his glasses to the floor. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Police found the man behind the bank.
‘Miracle no one was killed’: Kitchener impaired driver jailed for crash that badly injured man

1 month ago | therecord.com | Gordon PaulReporter |Gordon Paul

An impaired driver who badly injured a man in a Kitchener crash has been sent to jail for nine months. The crash in May 2023 left the victim with a spinal fracture, rib fractures and bleeding near his brain. “The driving conduct in this case was appalling,” said Justice Frances Brennan. “It is a miracle that no one was killed.”The man, now 33, drove dangerously for several kilometres before the crash.