Krista Simpson
Videojournalist and Producer, CTV Kitchener at CKCO-TV (Kitchener, ON)
Videojournalist and producer at CTV Kitchener. Fuelled by coffee and curiosity. Love learning new things every day.
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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.
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1 week ago |
ctvnews.ca | Krista Simpson
The Crown has closed its case at the trial of Randall McKenzie and Brandi Stewart-Sperry. Before that, however, two more witnesses took the stand. The jury heard about toxicology results from a blood test done on Stewart-Sperry after her arrest. An agreed statement of facts outlined that after Stewart-Sperry’s arrest, police found 0.1 grams of methamphetamine inside a baggie in her pocket, along with tin foil and two straws used to consume drugs.
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1 week ago |
ctvnews.ca | Krista Simpson
Ontario Provincial Police Constable Greg Pierzchala was fatally shot on Dec. 27, 2022, while responding to what seemed to be a routine call about a vehicle in a ditch on Indian Line near Hagersville, Ont. Pierzchala was 28 years old and had learned that same morning he had successfully completed his probationary period with OPP’s Haldimand County detachment. Randall McKenzie and Brandi Stewart-Sperry have both been charged with first-degree murder for Pierzchala’s shooting.
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1 week ago |
ctvnews.ca | Krista Simpson
A Glock 19 and gunshot residue were the focus of testimony as expert witnesses took the stand Friday at the trial of two people accused of killing Ontario Provincial Police Const. Greg Pierzchala. The 28-year-old was fatally shot while responding to a call about a vehicle in a ditch near Hagersville, Ont. on Dec. 27, 2022. Randall McKenzie and Brandi Stewart-Sperry are both charged with first degree murder in his death. Randall McKenzie OPP Const.
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2 weeks ago |
ctvnews.ca | Krista Simpson
Jury members at the trial of two people, accused of killing an Ontario Provincial Police officer, were shown DNA and video evidence Thursday at a Cayuga, Ont. courthouse. Randall McKenzie and Brandi Stewart-Sperry are both charged with the first-degree murder of Const. Greg Pierzchala. He was shot six times on Dec. 27, 2022, while responding to a report of a vehicle in the ditch along Indian Line, near Hagersville, Ont.
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Text messages Randall McKenzie sent about “shooting out with cops” and a video of him holding a gun among the evidence shown at his trial today. McKenzie and Brandi Stewart-Sperry are charged in the Dec. 2022 death of OPP constable Greg Pierzchala. https://t.co/QNgwPMVik8
Randall McKenzie’s arrest, the gun found at the scene, and the clothing seized from him was the focus of testimony today at the trial of the two people charged in the death of OPP constable Greg Pierzchala. https://t.co/bdnp85lscp
Thermal imaging cameras captured the moments two people, accused of killing OPP constable Greg Pierzchala, surrendered to police. https://t.co/L5gHg3IK7A