A 32-year-old man charged in the death of a woman killed by a stray bullet in Toronto previously served 15 months in jail after stabbing someone in the heart, one episode in a lengthy criminal history. Court documents show the accused, Damian Hudson, was found guilty of aggravated assault after stabbing a man during a…

Police in northeastern Ontario say a man accused in three Sudbury-area homicides in the past few months has escaped from the local jail. The Greater Sudbury Police Service shared little information about when 33-year-old Joel Roy was believed to have fled the facility, but issued a release about his escape on Saturday evening. Staff Sgt….

DAVENPORT, Iowa—A songwriter and music industry entrepreneur from Atlanta has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing his girlfriend in Iowa. Justin Wright was found guilty of first-degree murder in April in the death of 20-year-old Wilanna Bibbs, and was sentenced Wednesday, the Quad-City Times reported. Wright, 34, also known as J…

A Quebec man who slipped through the cracks of the justice and health systems was sentenced today to eight years in prison for the March 2022 killing of his spouse. Quebec court Judge Sylvain Lépine accepted the joint sentencing recommendation from the Crown and defence for Pascal Arseneault, who killed 64-year-old Louise Avon. Arseneault, 50,…

Mexican authorities have made an arrest in the killing of a Quebecman earlier this month in the Pacific coast beach town of Puerto Escondido. The Oaxaca state attorney general issued a statement on Friday saying an arrest warrant was executed for a man in Puerto Escondido identified only by his initials in connection with the…

STARKE, Fla.—A Florida man was executed Wednesday for breaking into a woman’s home and stabbing her to death in 1986, a crime committed months after he was released from prison for a rape. Darryl B. Barwick, 56, was pronounced dead at 6:14 p.m. Wednesday following a lethal injection at Florida State Prison, the office of…

A man convicted in the death of his malnourished son who died of sepsis and untreated diabetes will have to wait months for his chance to take the stand at an Alberta fatality inquiry. Alexandru Radita was 15 and weighed 37 pounds when he was brought to a Calgary hospital in May 2013. His parents,…

Police in Lethbridge, Alta., have charged a 59-year-old man with first degree murder in his wife’s death. David Albert Dragland is accused of stabbing Shelley Dragland multiple times with a kitchen knife in a home in the southern Alberta city. Police say they responded to a report of a disturbance at the home just after…

The death of Constable Grzegorz Pierzchala was “preventable,” Ontario Provincial Police Commissioner Thomas Carrique said at a news conference on Dec. 29. “This should never have happened,” he said. The province’s top cop appeared visibly emotional, saying he was “outraged” that one of the suspects is a repeat offender who had been released from prison….

Ontario Provincial Police Commissioner Thomas Carrique was “outraged” that one of the suspects in a police officer’s death is a repeat offender who had been released from prison and out on bail, he said at a news conference on Dec. 29. The death of Constable Grzegorz Pierzchala was “preventable,” Carrique said. “This should never have…