Tag: crime

Two arrested on child porn charges

Michael A. Caron and Nathaniel Clark, two Kingston residents, have been charged on child pornography-related counts. Caron, 38, and Clark, 24, were arrested by Kingston Police Force Internet Child Exploitation (KPF I.C.E.) detectives and charged on Sept. 23 and 24, respectively. Caron was charged...

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Reward, but no suspects

Nearly two months after the alleged assault of Queen’s student Danielle d’Entremont, no new leads have emerged in the police investigation. According to a Facebook status she posted, d’Entremont, ArtSci ’14, was assaulted outside her home on March 26 by a male attacker who knew her name. She was punched...

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Murderer briefly escapes

A man serving a life sentence for murder went missing for two days from Collins Bay Institution. Cale David Presnail, 40, escaped from Collins Bay’s minimum security facility on May 19, between 5 and 9 p.m. He was recaptured by Kingston Police Force (KPF) uniformed officers and the Provinicial Repeat...

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Queen’s sues Samsung

Queen’s and non-for-profit patent organization PARTEQ Innovations have filed a lawsuit against Samsung for using technology developed by a Queen’s professor without permission. Queen’s and PARTEQ are suing Samsung Electronics, Co. and Samsung Telecommunications, LLC for patent infringement. It’s not...

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ARC thief caught

After 10 locker thefts were reported in the Queen’s Centre in the past month, Kingston police have arrested and charged a suspect for his involvement in at least two of the thefts. According to the Kingston Police Force (KPF), Thomas J. Zakos, a 23-year-old Kingston resident, was arrested on Jan....

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Robbery suspects arrested

Twenty-four year-old Curtis D. Smith and 29-year-old Jeff R. Crawford were arrested last Wednesday after threatening a victim, the identity of whom has not yet been released, with a sheathed knife and demanding for their wallet and other personal belongings. Crawford was located by the Kingston Police...

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SMH presidential candidate subject of alleged identity theft

Team SMH presidential candidate Scott Mason has filed a police report regarding an alleged identity theft in the ownership of four elections-related websites. The websites — “votewrl.com”, “votewlr.com”, “voteajp.com” and “voteapj.com” — were purchased by someone claiming to be Scott Mason...

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Hate crime victim takes on homophobia in talk

Karen Dubinsky, who was subject to a hate letter alongside her partner Susan Belyea last summer, addressed hate crime and social progress in a guest lecture on Wednesday. The event, hosted by the ASUS Equity & Diversity Commission, is the first in their First Lecture on Earth guest lecture series. The...

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Muslim students subject to hate crime

Six Queen’s students are the victims of a hate crime that took place on Sunday, according to Kingston police. The male students, who self-identify as Muslim, were walking home from Empire Theatres near Division St. and Highway 401 at approximately 1:30 a.m. when they were assaulted by four Caucasian...

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Laptops lifted

Sixteen break-and-enters were reported to the Kingston Police Force over Homecoming weekend, with Macbook Pros being the most commonly stolen item. Haley Campbell, who lives on Aberdeen St., had her laptop taken from her room on Saturday night, she said. “I went out, I didn’t sleep at my house …...

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Bike thefts on the rise

The Kingston Police Force (KPF) reported 10 bike thefts in Kingston during the past week, which makes 20 thefts so far this month. Luke Corry, a Queen’s student who reported an attempted theft on the Overheard at Queen’s Facebook page, said he caught a man trying to cut the lock off his bike...

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Prof victim of hate letters

A woman who received two threatening letters on Wednesday for being in a same-sex relationship is revealed to be Queen’s University history professor Karen Dubinsky. Dubinsky and her partner Susan Belyea say they received two letters that claimed affiliation with a Christian group based in the...

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Thief targets ARC

Kingston Police and Campus Security are investigating a series of thefts in the ARC men’s locker room. According to a Campus Security statement, a suspect was taken into custody last Thursday. “Moments after entering the men’s change room, Kingston Police detectives located a male individual who was...

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Camera causes alarm

Two weeks after a hidden camera was found in a shower stall in Victoria Hall, no arrests have been made, according to Kingston Police media relations officer Steven Koopman. On Feb. 13, students discovered the camera — disguised as a towel hook — in one of the co-ed stalls on the fifth floor. The...

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Campus thefts are on the rise

Campus Security has reported an increase in thefts in buildings across campus. Stauffer Library sees the most reported thefts compared to other libraries on campus. It’s not isolated to these buildings alone, according to Campus Security. Places like the ARC, the Medical School buildings and unlocked...

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Increase in sexual assaults

The number of sexual assaults in Kingston have increased from 66 cases in 2011 to 112 cases between January to September this year, according to the Kingston Police quarterly report released earlier this month. Two recent sexual assaults near campus followed the release of the report. The Kingston...

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Potato hurler injures students

Several students on campus are nursing bruises after being pelted by fruits and vegetables near campus. On Nov. 24 around 11 p.m., the Kingston Police received a report that the passenger of a grey SUV threw an orange out of the vehicle’s window, injuring a female student as it hit her in the face....

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Thieves drawn to student areas

For the past two years, University Ave. has had one of the highest amounts of thefts in the Student Ghetto. Thirty-eight houses on University Ave. were broken into in 2011, so far this year there have been 43. Brendon Holder left his house one evening earlier this semester and returned to find his...

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When stalking hits close to home

Kingston has one of the highest rates for stalking in Canada, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s an unsafe city, according to Kingston Police. Steven Koopman, Constable and Media Relations Officer, said last year there were 145 incidents of reported stalking in Kingston. This year, there have...

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Magnotta video treads fine line

Marie-Pier Guay, M.A. ’13 German authorities arrested Luka Rocco Magnotta, the main suspect in a gruesome Montreal murder at a Berlin Internet café at the end of an international manhunt. Magnotta was extradited back to Canada on June 18 and is facing several criminal charges including first-degree...

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TTC suggestion tactless

The shooting of a Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) subway fare collector on Sunday has raised concerns about the safety of transit workers, and prompted Toronto Mayor Rob Ford to suggest the TTC pursue automated fare collection. While the TTC should pursue automation for sake of efficiency, they first...

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Senator's comment distracts from issue

Conservative Senator Pierre-Hugues Boisvenu stirred up controversy when he said that prisoners convicted of murder should be given the tools to commit suicide. “Each assassin should have the right to a rope in his cell to make a decision about his or her life,” he said, according to a Feb. 2 Globe...

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Mistaken identity

Hollywood frequently imitates real life scenarios. Sometimes the movies get it right, and other times — well, less so. When it comes to crime TV shows, it’s a bit of both. I conduct research on police identification procedures. Naturally, I’m an avid watcher of crime TV shows. When I see them get...

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