LAURENS COUNTY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Laurens County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an alleged assault on a student by a paraprofessional on April 18. Deputies were notified by school officials at West Laurens Middle School of the assault and an investigation was conducted. Lisa Hester of Dublin was arrested and charged with three counts of simple assault and one count
A North Carolina high schooler has been charged with assault after allegedly being caught on camera slapping a teacher during a profanity-filled exchange. The incident involving the unidentified juvenile occurred at Parkland High School in Winston-Salem on April 15, the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office (FCSO) said on Facebook. Video posted online shows the student standing over a teacher who is seated before striking her in the face. "Do you think that affected me in any way?" the teacher can be...
The sign at the entrance to Rikers Island in Queens. City Council members questioned the Department of Correction’s "convoluted" process for investigating sexual assault claims by detainees. [ more › ]
A police officer is to be charged with assault after claims he used excessive force during an arrest in Doncaster. PC Connor Smith, 28, who works in a neighbourhood policing team in Doncaster, is due to appear at Sheffield Magistrates' Court on Monday (April 22). The summons relates to an allegation that excessive force was used during an arrest in the Doncaster area on July 19 2023. He has been suspended pending the criminal proceedings and an internal misconduct investigation.
A person rescued from a fire in a downtown Toronto apartment building on Sunday morning was subsequently arrested for allegedly assaulting an officer at the scene, police say. Toronto Fire Service (TFS) was first called to 291 George St. at around 8:25 a.m. Upon arrival, firefighters found one person hanging from the window, the service said. The person was rescued and transported to hospital with injuries related to smoke inhalation. The fire has since been knocked down. According to an...
A tenant has been charged for allegedly stabbing a man who was assaulting his landlord in Whitby early Thursday morning. Durham police said they were called to Robert Attersley and McKinney Drives, in the area of Taunton Road and Brock Street, shortly before 3:30 a.m. for a robbery. Police said three men attended a residence to meet a friend, and later one of them allegedly became involved in a disagreement with the homeowner. The dispute escalated, resulting in the man assaulting the...
Toronto police say they've laid eight charges against a 22-year-old man related to a series of alleged sex assaults at a restaurant in the city's east end. They allege the suspect entered the restaurant located near Pape Avenue and Cosburn Avenue on April 8 and sexually assaulted one person. They say he then entered the women's washroom and allegedly sexually assaulted more people. No one was injured, and the man was arrested on the same day the alleged attacks occurred. The man is...
A Toronto man has been charged after allegedly making xenophobic remarks and assaulting a victim at a North York store earlier this week. According to a release issued by the Toronto Police Service, the incident took place on April 11 in the area of Wynford Drive and Wynford Heights Crescent, just east of the Don Valley Parkway. Investigators allege that a suspect attended the store and made xenophobic remarks towards the victim, who is of South Asian ethnicity and was wearing a turban at...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A judge is mulling whether the Bernalillo County District Attorney's Office can prosecute a Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office deputy for aggravated assault. Michael Borrecco is accused of pulling a gun on two people at a Circle K on Osuna earlier this year. He was off-duty at the time but authorities believe he []
Authorities allege Majcher, 61, a resident of Hong Kong, used his network of Canadian contacts to obtain intelligence or services that benefited the People’s Republic of China.
A retired RCMP officer charged with helping China conduct foreign interference asked a Quebec court judge on Monday to quash an indictment against him because it was filed in the wrong province. Lawyers for William Majcher argued in a courtroom in Longueuil, Que., on Montreal's South Shore, that the charges should have been filed in British Columbia or Ontario. "Those are two place in Canada where the offences are alleged to have been committed," said Louis Belleau, a Montreal-based...
WILLACY COUNTY, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Willacy County inmate is facing additional charges after assaulting another inmate last week. According to the Willacy County Sheriff's Office, inmate Jose Arturo Salinas is now facing charges of aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury and tampering with physical evidence. The charges stem from an incident on April 17, []