Neil Bowen
London Free Press
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Drunk propane trucker guilty of 'driving bomb' on 402
SARNIA — A drunken trucker hauling more than 60,000 kilograms of propane with nearly three times the legal limit of alcohol in his system was described in court here as “driving a bomb” down Hwy. 402. → Read More
Sarnia man pleads guilty to murder, sentenced to life in prison
SARNIA — Jonathan Pike, 26, was shot five times before being left to die in the woods adjacent to Tashmoo Avenue March 25, 2016 in Sarnia. → Read More
OPP officer found not guilty of criminal negligence, perjury
A jury found a Lambton County OPP officer not guilty of criminal negligence and perjury Tuesday night after about 4 1/2 hours of deliberation. → Read More
Jury's choice in OPP trial: Cop doing his job or breaking the law?
Jurors in the trial of an OPP officer charged with seriously injuring an ATV driver and lying about it could start deliberations Tuesday. → Read More
Former Sudbury man cleared of sex charges
Hugs and tears erupted among supporters as former Sarnia fire chief Patrick Cayen was acquitted of 24 sexual charges involving a young girl. → Read More
Former Sarnia fire chief acquitted of sex charges
Hugs and tears erupted among supporters as former fire chief Patrick Cayen was acquitted of 24 sexual charges involving a young girl. → Read More
Acquittals stand in workplace blast
No appeal notice has been filed by Ontario's attorney general over the acquittals of a Sarnia business and one of its managers in a deadly workplace explosion. → Read More
Will province appeal explosion acquittals?
Ontario's Attorney-General is considering appealing the acquittals of a Sarnia business and one of its managers in connection with a fatal workplace explosion in Sarnia. → Read More
Ex-fire chief denies sex charges
Sarnia’s former fire chief repeatedly denied sexually assaulting a girl during testimony at his criminal trial Friday. → Read More
Woman testifies in ex-fire chief’s sex trial
A young woman asserted ex Sarnia fire chief Patrick Cayen sexually assaulted her and rejected suggestions she had invented it during her Thursday testimony in Sarnia Superior Court. → Read More
402 murder: Killer blames wife again
SARNIA – A trucker blamed the wife he murdered for his misfortune as he began a life sentence Monday morning for burning her to death in a transport truck along Highway 402. → Read More
Sarnia police pursuing four unsolved homicides
Police never stop following up leads on cold cases, a veteran Sarnia investigator said as OPP announced new details in their bid to solve the death of Karen Caughlin, one of Southwestern Ontario’s most stubborn cold cases. → Read More
Brampton trucker guilty of burning wife to death
SARNIA – The truck driver who attacked his wife in their transport truck and burned her to death on Hwy. 402 nearly two years ago has been found guilty of first-degree murder. → Read More
402 trial: Guilty of first-degree murder
SARNIA – The truck driver who attacked his wife in their transport truck and burned her to death on Hwy. 402 nearly two years ago has been found guilty of first-degree murder. → Read More
402 murder trial: ‘I had no control’
SARNIA -- The Brampton trucker accused of killing his wife on Highway 402 addressed the central issue of his first-degree murder trial in testimony Friday. → Read More
Son testifies in 402 murder trial
SARNIA -- Fuel containers at the family home were not usually taken on transport truck trips, according to the teenager who testified Wednesday at the trial of his father in the death of his mother. → Read More
402 trial: Slain wife abused by husband, in-law
Gurpreet Brar was slapped by both her husband and brother-in-law and criticized for not measuring up as a wife before she died in a Highway 402 truck fire, a murder trial heard Thursday. → Read More
402 murder trial: Gas found on debris
Gasoline was detected on debris from a diesel-powered transport truck fire, a scientist testified Wednesday in the first-degree murder trial of a Brampton trucker accused of killing his wife. → Read More
Trucker stuns trial with admission
SARNIA -- A Brampton truck driver hit his wife's head with a hammer and deliberately set fire to the transport truck they were riding in along Highway 402. → Read More
Local fentanyl dealer gets 4 years
A Lambton County man caught with 34 patches of the powerful painkiller fentanyl was jailed for four years in Sarnia court. → Read More