16 h. ago Quebec man accused of defrauding Calgary woman of $300,000 in grandparent scam

Calgary police have charged a Quebec resident with allegedly defrauding a Calgary senior of more than $300,000 in a cryptocurrency scam spanning six weeks. According to a Calgary Police Service release, the victim was reportedly contacted in June 2022 by a man posing as her grandson, claiming he had been in a car crash and […]

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18 h. ago Woman accused of seducing, blackmailing Buddhist monks for millions

Wilawan Emsawat allegedly used more than 80,000 photos and videos filmed during the sex acts to blackmail the monks.

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6 d. ago Italian belly dancer arrested in Egypt for offending public morals

While belly dancing has its roots in the Middle East, an Italian woman was accused of offending public morals and arrested by Egyptian authorities last month. Sohila Tarek Hassan Haggag, who belly dances under the name Linda Martino and is a social media influencer with more than 2.2 million Instagram followers, was arrested at the […]

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7 d. ago Woman allegedly attacked two people, tried to take cop’s gun in Oshawa

A 43-year-old woman is accused of attacking two strangers and attempting to snatch a cop’s gun in Oshawa on Monday afternoon. Durham Regional Police say officers responded to an assault at a store near Laval Dr. and Stevenson Rd. S. – north of Hwy. 401 – around 4:30 p.m. A woman allegedly assaulted one person […]

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8 d. ago Quebec woman accused of pouring boiling water over Black boy may soon face trial

Forty-six-year-old Stephanie Borel was charged with aggravated assault after being accused of dousing a 10-year-old boy with scalding hot water last October.

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8 d. ago Quebec woman accused of pouring boiling water over child may soon face trial

Forty-six-year-old Stephanie Borel was charged with aggravated assault after being accused of dousing a 10-year-old boy with scalding hot water last October.

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1 week ago Victim's kin fume as woman found guilty of manslaughter, not murder

A woman accused of fatally stabbing her friend was found not guilty of second-degree murder on Friday but was convicted of the lesser charge of manslaughter. It was a verdict – coupled with the fact that Koree Dockstater was released on bail to await her sentencing – that left relatives of the victim fuming, with […]

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2 w. ago Man arrested in alleged romance scam of Sunshine Coast woman

Michael Paul Snow, 53, is accused of defrauding a woman of $110,000

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3 w. ago Charges laid as Manitoba woman accused of trying to steal food from nine

THOMPSON — A young woman in northern Manitoba is facing charges after police allege she tried to steal food from a nine-year-old girl. RCMP say they were called Wednesday to a robbery in Thompson, 700 kilometres north of Winnipeg, where a woman went up to a girl riding a bike and asked for the bag […]

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4 w. ago MANDEL: She helped accused killer escape, gets house arrest with gym time

No wonder so many have lost confidence in the criminal justice system. The love-struck woman who helped an accused killer escape after an innocent mom was killed outside a Leslieville safe-injection site was sentenced this week to house arrest — with a lot of time allowed for her to head out to GoodLife Fitness every […]

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