Sgt. Ryan Russell

• Widow of slain Toronto police officer saddened by sudden death of horse named after late husband

  "This is another reminder of a great hero who lost his life too soon."

  Canada

  Jul 25, 2020
  
• Richard Kachkar, who killed Toronto cop in 2011, granted permission to travel

  The Ontario Review Board, which decides if and how not criminally responsible patients should be detained, has granted the leave for Richard Kachkar.

  Canada

  Jun 27, 2017
  
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• Man deemed not criminally responsible for death of Toronto cop now living in community

  Christine Russell says she only learned this week that Richard Kachkar had been released from a mental health hospital in Whitby.

  Crime

  Jun 15, 2017
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• Toronto police horse named in honour of slain Sgt. Ryan Russell

  A four-year-old purebred Clydesdale police horse has been named in honour of Sgt. Ryan Russell, who was tragically killed after he was struck by a stolen snow plow in the streets of Toronto in 2011.

  Canada

  Jun 21, 2016
• Richard Kachkar ordered to stay in secure unit of hospital

  A review board has ruled that a man who killed a Toronto police officer with a snowplow must stay in the secure unit of a mental health hospital.

  Crime

  Apr 30, 2014
• Widow of police officer alarmed that killer gets escorted trips into community

  A man who killed a Toronto police officer with a snow plow is requesting to be moved to a less secure unit at the mental health facility where he is detained.

  Crime

  Apr 22, 2014
• Court upholds escorted community visits for Richard Kachkar

  A decision allowing a man who killed a police officer with a snowplow escorted passes into the community was reasonable and should stand, Ontario's top court ruled Tuesday.

  Crime

  Apr 1, 2014
• It’s ‘premature’ to let Richard Kachkar into community, Crown says

  Ontario's highest court is set to hear arguments today about what privileges a man who killed a Toronto police officer with a snowplow should have at a psychiatric hospital.

  Crime

  Jan 20, 2014
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• Wife of slain Toronto cop ‘upset and shocked’ over killer’s pyschiatric hospital conditions

  The wife of a Toronto police officer killed by a snowplow driven by a man who was found not criminally responsible for his death is urging the government to appeal an Ontario Review Board decision that allows him out into the community under supervision.

  Crime

  Apr 29, 2013
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• Hearing date set for snow plow cop killer found not criminally responsible

  A mentally ill man who was found not criminally responsible for killing a Toronto police officer with a snow plow will have a hearing to determine his status later this month.

  Crime

  Apr 12, 2013