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CTV News
6 days ago
- General
- CTV News
London police investigate multiple thefts at pharmacies
Two out of four suspects allegedly involved in multiple pharmacy thefts from May 25, 2025, are pictured here. (Source: London Police Service) Members of the London Police Service (LPS) are looking for four suspects they believe were involved with multiple thefts at pharmacies last month. According to police, three thefts occurred on Sunday, May 25: Between 5:45 – 5:55 p.m. — four individuals (two males and two females) entered a pharmacy located in the 1000-block of Wonderland Road South. Police say skin care products and fragrances were stolen. Between 6:50 – 7 p.m. — the same four individuals entered another pharmacy located in the 600-block of Commissioners Road East. Police say fragrances were stolen from the business. Between 7:25 – 7:30 p.m. — a third pharmacy was targeted by the four individuals, and police say fragrances were stolen. In each of the reported thefts, one suspect allegedly stole product while the other three individuals distracted staff. In total, about $58,000 worth of products were stolen. Anyone with information is asked to contact London police.
CTV News
31-05-2025
- General
- CTV News
London police officer recognized for community activism
From left to right: PAO President Mark Baxter, Community Role Model Award Winner: Detective Gary Bezaire of the London Police Service, and Gareth Harris, London Police Association President, taken May 29, 2025 at the Police Association of Ontario President's Banquet & Awards Ceremony in Ottawa. (Source: Courtesy of Police Association of Ontario/Dave Chan) The Police Association of Ontario (PAO) has honoured a London Police Services officer with the Community Role Model award in recognition for his extensive community involvement and volunteer work. London Police Services' Dectective Gary Bezaire was recognized and honoured at the Police Association of Ontario's 93rd Annual Meeting and Convention, which took place in Ottawa from May 27 to 30. Detective Bezaire was recognized for volunteer work with the Dad Club of London and the London and Middlesex Community Housing Corporation, having raised over $200,000 for local initiatives. 053125_PAO awards Gary Bezaire London police service Detective Gary Bezaire of the London Police Service, taken May 29, 2025 at the Police Association of Ontario President's Banquet & Awards Ceremony in Ottawa. (Source: Courtesy of Police Association of Ontario/Dave Chan) (Dave Chan/Dave Chan) His work in homicide and human trafficking investigations in the London area have also contributed to his continuing commitment to his community. Other honourees included two officers from Hamilton police, as well as an OPP officer from Russel County.
CTV News
29-05-2025
- General
- CTV News
Eastbound lanes of Commissioners Road East reopen after collision
A collision seen on Commissioners Road East at Pond Mills Road in London, Ont. (Sean Irvine/CTV News London) The London Police Service has reopened the eastbound lanes of Commissioners Road East at Pond Mills Road after a collision. Two people were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Commissioners Road East was closed for a period of time while the investigation took place.
CTV News
28-05-2025
- Health
- CTV News
$2.7 million fentanyl bust marks biggest in London, Ont.'s history
Drugs seen seized from London's biggest fentanyl bust in history in London, Ont. on May 28, 2025. (Sean Irvine/CTV News London) The London Police Service has seized 34.6 kilograms of fentanyl, marking the biggest fentanyl bust in the city's history. The street value of fentanyl seized amounts to $2,773,200. Among the fentanyl, other items were seized: 4.655 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, valued at $465,000 474 grams of cocaine, valued at $47,400 Four handguns (three Glocks and one Springfield 9-millimetre Hellcat) One semi-automatic pistol (Draco 7.62) Extended capacity magazines and drum magazine A silencer Ammunition 17.922 kilograms of cutting agent Approximately $247,944 in Canadian cash Approximately $5,526 in American cash London fentanyl bust may 2025 Weapons seen seized from London's biggest fentanyl bust in history in London, Ont. on May 28, 2025. (Sean Irvine/CTV News London) 2017 black Hyundai Santa Fe 2020 grey Lexus E35 Sedan 2017 black Audi Q4 2013 red Nissan Altima 2024 black Mercedes S Class 2025 black Lexus NX Fentanyl bust London May 2025 Vehicles seized in the bust. (Source: London police) Warrants were executed at six homes in London, North York, and Hamilton on April 29. 'Today's announcement highlights the critical importance of strong enforcement and community collaboration in addressing the opioid crisis and associated violence in our community,' said Chief Thai Truong. 'This investigation has resulted in the largest fentanyl seizure in the history of our police service, along with the seizure of illegal firearms, significantly disrupting drug trafficking and violence in London. Community safety remains a shared responsibility, and together, we will continue our efforts to reduce harm, prevent violence, and protect lives.' Four men have been charged in the investigation: 44-year-old Mark Barreiras of Toronto, 23-year-old Sajid Bin Saleh of Toronto, 33-year-old Jordayne Anthony Brown of London, and 24-year-old Rohan Reid of London. Fentanyl bust London May 2025 Suspects charged in the bust. (Source: London police) They face the following charges: Nine counts of possession of a restricted weapon or device Five counts of possession of a loaded/regulated firearm Five counts of careless storage of a firearm/ammunition Three counts of possession of a schedule one substance for the purpose of trafficking One count of producing a schedule one substance Barreiras has additionally been charged with: Three counts of possession of a firearm or ammunition contrary to a prohibition order One count of possession of prohibited device contrary to prohibition order Reid has additionally been charged with one count of possession of a firearm or ammunition contrary to prohibition order.
Toronto Star
28-05-2025
- Toronto Star
‘This interview could be used as evidence': Hockey Canada trial gets to witness player's dawning realization of the trouble he's in
Just a bunch of junior hockey players sitting around in a hotel room, chowing on mozzarella sticks and chicken wings, 'round about 2:30 in the morning — with a naked woman on the bed. What is wrong with this picture? Where to start? That was the scene Michael McLeod drew for a police detective, recalling the events of June 19, 2018. From his lawyer's office, McLeod had willingly submitted to a lengthy interview with Det. Steve Newton, an investigator with the sexual assault and child abuse unit of the London Police Service. It was Nov. 17, 2018, and Newton had already twice interviewed the young woman at the centre of the complaint. Canada 'Awkward and weird': Hockey Canada trial sees players' video interviews from 2018 London police investigation Michael McLeod told police in a 2018 interview that he recorded the complainant giving consent because 'it was a weird situation that I wasn't Canada 'Awkward and weird': Hockey Canada trial sees players' video interviews from 2018 London police investigation Michael McLeod told police in a 2018 interview that he recorded the complainant giving consent because 'it was a weird situation that I wasn't Newton had concluded there were no grounds for laying charges, and he'd stressed that point to McLeod. 'I don't feel I have the necessary grounds for sexual assault. I don't have any plans to arrest you and charge you. I'm not detaining you. You can leave at any time.' He cautioned, however: 'Just understand that if something should change and I do (charge you), this interview could be used as evidence.' That's exactly by the book. Newton, after speaking to the complainant, had wondered whether she'd been an 'active participant' to what unfolded in that hotel room between the then-20-year-old woman and a number of men, members of the Canadian 2018 world junior championship team. The players had been in London, Ont., for a Hockey Canada gala and charity event before moving along to a club called Jack's Bar, where they made the acquaintance of E.M. — her name has been protected by a publication ban. It was, the court has heard, E.M.'s mother who initially contacted police after finding her daughter crying in the shower. Nearly six years would pass — one police investigation closed, another police investigation later opened — before five players were charged with sexual assault. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW McLeod, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dubé, Cal Foote and Carter Hart have all pleaded not guilty. McLeod is the only one among them facing two charges — sexual assault and being a party to a sexual assault, for allegedly encouraging his teammates to engage in sex acts with the complainant when he knew she wasn't consenting. Canada Why didn't police lay charges in 2019? Inside the London police investigations in the Hockey Canada sex assault case London police documents make clear the high-profile sex assault investigation was reopened in 2022 due to 'a resurgence in media attention' — with Canada Why didn't police lay charges in 2019? Inside the London police investigations in the Hockey Canada sex assault case London police documents make clear the high-profile sex assault investigation was reopened in 2022 due to 'a resurgence in media attention' — with But, on that November day when McLeod first sat across from Newton, he likely had merely an inkling of where this all might lead — to one of the most high-profile trials in the country, leaving five NHL careers in tatters and one shattered complainant. On Tuesday, for the first time, the court heard McLeod's own voice speaking at length as an hour and a half of that recorded interview was played at the judge-alone trial. By the end of Part I, the look on McLeod's face suggested a dawning of realization, the trouble he might be in, they were all in. Between then and now, lives were severely disrupted, a $3.5 lawsuit against Hockey Canada by E.M. settled (the amount agreed has never been disclosed), shame for players and their families, public outrage, criminal indictments and disgrace splashing across Canada's most beloved sport. There was fear in McLeod's eyes. McLeod recounted how he and E.M. had left the bar and, by mutual agreement, retired to his room at the Delta Armouries. 'We got back to the hotel. We had sex.' In her own testimony earlier, E.M. agreed that a specific sexual episode was consensual. But not what ensued over the next couple of hours when up to 10 of McLeod's teammates filed through Room 209. After Hart arrived, McLeod went downstairs to pick up the Uber Eats order he'd placed. When he returned, he told Newton, 'I walked in and she was giving Carter oral sex.' ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Hart and McLeod began eating, joined shortly by three or four more teammates — the number would continue to grow. While E.M. lay nude on the bed. This apparently struck no one as a bad look. 'We were hanging out,' McLeod told Newton, 'but not blacked out drunk. We had our heads on straight. 'She got up on the bed and said 'Who wants to have sex with me? Who's going to step up and have sex with me?'' 'We were all stunned.' McLeod's roommate, Formenton, arrived. 'She wanted to have sex with him. He didn't want to do it in front of us.' Instead, E.M. and Formenton went into the bathroom, re-emerging within 15 minutes. 'Later she offered to give everyone blowjobs. I got one. Carter got one.' Which would make it two BJs for Hart, for those keeping score. 'Maybe Dubé.' In his interview, McLeod moves backward and forward in the sequence of events. It's somewhat difficult to follow the timeline. He said E.M. became upset, hurt, when there were no takers. 'I had to calm her down.' ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Indeed, throughout the interview, McLeod presents himself as the considerate person in the room, constantly asking E.M. if she was OK. He would take two separate phone videos of E.M. asserting her willingness. 'It was a weird situation,' McLeod continued. 'That wasn't what I was expecting would happen.' Which doesn't align with evidence the court has heard that McLeod had texted several teammates: 'Who wants to be in a three-way quick Room 209.' The judge-alone trial has heard that McLeod, Hart and Dubé obtained oral sex from E.M.; that, without her consent, Dubé slapped E.M. on her naked buttocks when she was performing oral sex; that Formenton had vaginal intercourse with E.M. in the bathroom; and that, without her consent, Foote did the splits over E.M.'s face while she lay on a sheet on the floor, grazing his genitals over her face in what's known — new word alert, for me — as 'teabagging.' By 4 a.m., most of the players had left. McLeod shot another video in which, as he recalled, E.M. said: 'I had fun! I consented to all of this. Why are you so paranoid?' McLeod hopped into the shower. E.M. followed. 'We had sex.' E.M. then became distressed because she couldn't find her ring. They searched together, along with Formenton. 'She did calm down a bit, but I could tell she was upset when she left. 'And that was the end of the night.'
