Jennifer Baker

1 week ago | ctvnews.ca | Jennifer Baker |Krista Simpson

The trial of two people charged with the first-degree murder of an Ontario Provincial Police officer is expected to go to the jury next week. Randall McKenzie and Brandi Stewart-Sperry are both accused in the fatal shooting of Const. Greg Pierzchala. The 28-year-old officer was shot six times while responding to what seemed to be a routine call about a vehicle in a ditch near Hagersville, Ont. on Dec. 27, 2022. TIMELINE: What the jury has already heard at the murder trial for Const.

2 weeks ago | ctvnews.ca | Jennifer Baker |Heather Senoran

Geovanny Villalba-Aleman will serve more time in prison for stabbing three people at the University of Waterloo. In March, a judge sentenced him to 11 years behind bars for the 2023 attack. Villalba-Aleman admitted he went into a gender studies class and stabbed two students and a professor. He pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated assault, one count of assault causing bodily harm and one count of assault with a weapon.

3 weeks ago | ctvnews.ca | Jennifer Baker |Krista Simpson

Witnesses at the first-degree murder trial of two people accused of killing Ontario Provincial Police Const. Greg Pierzchala described the “surreal” scene after the shooting. One was a passerby who stopped to help, while the others were Pierzchala’s fellow officers who rushed to the scene. Pierzchala was shot six times while responding to a car in a ditch on Indian Line near Hagersville, Ont. on the afternoon of Dec. 27, 2022. Grzegorz Pierzchala Greg OPP Haldimand Hagersville Const.

3 weeks ago | ctvnews.ca | Jennifer Baker |Krista Simpson

Erick Buhr is appealing his second-degree murder conviction. On Nov. 4, 2024, after a three-and-a-half-week trial in which Buhr took the stand in own defense, he was found guilty of killing his grandmother, Viola Erb, at their home near Baden, Ont. CASE REVIEW: Erick Buhr guilty of second-degree murder of grandmother Viola ErbA conviction for second-degree murder automatically means a life sentence.

1 month ago | ctvnews.ca | Hannah Schmidt |Jennifer Baker

A 19-year-old man was arrested Monday after Guelph Police said he followed a woman, then pulled down her pants and sexually assaulted her in front of “many witnesses.”Several 911 calls were made to police at around 3:45 p.m.Officers learned the man had followed the woman for a short distance and then, while she was waiting at a crosswalk near Speedvale Ave. West and the Hanlon Expressway, pulled her pants down from behind. The man then knocked the woman to the ground and sexually assaulted her.