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Project Amethyst: Nine Crime Guns, 2.5 kg of Fentanyl, Methamphetamine seized
Posted on Friday, November 18, 2022 08:50 AM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, November 18, 2022 8:50 am
(Ottawa) — On Wednesday, November 16th, the Ottawa Police Service Street Crime and Drug Units concluded an 8-month investigation into a local firearm trafficking and wholesale fentanyl distribution network.
Project Amethyst was supported through funding provided by the Ontario Government, Criminal Intelligence Service of Ontario and has resulted in the arrest of four Ottawa men and one woman.
During the investigation,...
Project Amethyst: Nine Crime Guns, 2.5 kg of Fentanyl, Methamphetamine seized
Posted on Friday, November 18, 2022 03:30 AM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, November 18, 2022 8:50 am
On Wednesday November 16th, the Ottawa Police Service Street Crime and Drug Units concluded an 8-month investigation into a local firearm trafficking and wholesale fentanyl distribution network.
Project Amethyst was supported through funding provided by the Ontario Government, Criminal Intelligence Service of Ontario and has resulted in the arrest of four Ottawa men and one woman.
During the investigation, police seized:
- 9 crime...
Charges laid in the murder of John Ndayishimiye
Posted on Friday, November 04, 2022 11:45 AM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, November 4, 2022 3:50 pm
(Ottawa) – The Homicide Unit has charged one adult and one young person with first-degree murder in the December 6th, 2021, shooting death of John Ndayishimiye on Elmira Drive. The two are facing further charges of attempted murder in the shooting of a second victim in the same incident.
The accused adult is Noel PEREZ, 26, of Ottawa.
A third person, Hantel HERSI, age 23, is charged with accessory after the fact to murder and...
Manslaughter charge laid in death of elderly woman
Posted on Friday, September 23, 2022 09:45 AM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday September 23, 2022 1:50 pm
(Ottawa) – The Ottawa Police Homicide Unit has charged Ian ROONEY, 57, with manslaughter after the death of Yu Kun Xie, 78.
On September 16, at about 2 a.m., police were called to an address in the 800 block of Gladstone Avenue for reports of an injured woman later identified as Xie.
Xie passed away on September 17.
Homicide Unit investigators laid the manslaughter charge today in court.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Ottawa...
Man Charged with Second Degree Murder
Posted on Saturday, September 17, 2022 09:00 AM
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 2022-Sep 17 1:10 PM
(Ottawa) — An 18-year-old man has been charged by the Ottawa Police Service Homicide Unit in connection with a stabbing death at the St. Laurent Shopping Centre Friday afternoon.
Mohamed Osman, 18, has been charged with 2nd degree murder, two counts of aggravated assault and one count of breaching release conditions. He was taken into custody by police overnight.
Police and emergency responders were called to the shopping centre at about 4:35 p.m. Friday...
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