Ottawa Crime

• Ottawa police lay more than 140 charges in major organized crime probe

  After an extensive 18-month investigation, Ottawa police says it has wrapped up an operation targeting a violent criminal network that was distributing illegal narcotics in Ottawa.

  Crime

  Nov 14, 2024
  
• Ottawa police call woman’s death a ‘femicide’ in 1st for department

  Police said the death of Jennifer Zabarylo, an employee of the Royal Canadian Navy, is being considered a 'femicide' as it 'occurred in the context of intimate partner violence.'

  Canada

  Aug 26, 2024
  
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• Charge laid against Ottawa landscaping manager in 2023 electrocution of employee

  The charge is related to the workplace death of a 20-year-old employee in the city's south end last spring.

  Crime

  Apr 25, 2024
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• Man wanted on Canada-wide warrant could be in Kingston, Belleville: OPP

  Terry Cheverie is known to frequent Ottawa, Belleville, Kingston, Oshawa and Toronto, police say.

  Crime

  Apr 19, 2024
• Ottawa mass killing suspect held in protective custody, lawyer says

  The 19-year-old man accused of killing six people in a suburban Ottawa row house last week has been placed in protective custody, his lawyer said Thursday.

  Canada

  Mar 14, 2024
• ‘He blocked us’: Man accused in Ottawa homicide changed recently, family says

  The 19-year-old Sri Lankan national charged in what police call one of the worst mass killings in Ottawa’s recent history has family in the city who say his behaviour changed.

  Canada

  Mar 8, 2024
• Youngest victim of ‘senseless’ Ottawa killings was just months old. What we know

  Ottawa Police Service says the homicide unit has been called in after six people, including children, were found dead at a home on Berrigan Drive in Barrhaven on Wednesday night.

  Canada

  Mar 7, 2024
• B.C. man charged with ‘hate-motivated offences’ in Ontario: Police

  A B.C. man has been charged following accusations of anti-Semitic, misogynistic and intimidating phone calls targeting a person working in the health-care field.

  Crime

  Dec 18, 2023
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• Man faces assault charges after Halton police officers attacked in Ottawa

  Ottawa police say they found the two Halton Regional police officers injured in the ByWard Market area early Sunday after an apparent assault.

  Crime

  Sep 26, 2023
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• Victims shot outside Ottawa wedding were innocent bystanders: police

  Two men were killed and six others injured Saturday night when at least 50 shots were fired outside the Infinity Convention Centre in the city's south end.

  Crime

  Sep 6, 2023