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CTV News
14-07-2025
- CTV News
Impaired driving and assault charges laid at Perth County campground
A man from Cambridge and a man from St. Marys are facing charges after police were called to a campground in West Perth on Friday. Perth County Ontario Provincial Police, who responded to the campground just before midnight, were told a driver was operating a vehicle while impaired. Police said when they arrived, the passenger in the vehicle assaulted the officers and then both the passenger and the driver tried to run away. A 45-year-old Cambridge man was charged with operation while impaired, failure or refusal to comply with a demand, resisting a peace officer, failure to comply with an undertaking and failure to stop for police contrary to the Highway Traffic Act. A 37-year-old man from St. Marys was also charged with two counts of assaulting a peace officer, assaulting a peace officer with a weapon and resisting a peace officer. Both men will be appearing in a Stratford court next month.
CTV News
30-06-2025
- CTV News
Charges withdrawn against Ottawa police superintendent
Sex assault charges against a veteran Ottawa police superintendent have been withdrawn by the Crown. Ontario Provincial Police charged Supt. Mark Patterson in December 2022 with sexual assault, sexual assault committed in a position of trust, power or authority, and breach of trust. The charges stemmed from alleged incidents involving one complainant between December 2018 and May 2022, police said. Last week, the Crown requested the charges be withdrawn. 'Superintendent Patterson has maintained his innocence since the day he was charged and is relieved that the criminal charges have been withdrawn,' Mark Ertel, Patterson's defence lawyer, said in a statement to CTV News Ottawa. 'This was a very difficult time for his family. He hopes that there will no longer be a need for any Police Act charges and he can resume his duties at the Ottawa Police where he has spent so much of his life serving the citizens of Ottawa.' The Ottawa Police Service said Patterson was suspended from duty in June 2022 after the service became aware of the allegations. An Ottawa police spokesperson said Monday that Patterson remains suspended from duty. 'We are aware of the court's decision and are currently reviewing the matter,' police said in a statement to CTV News Ottawa. 'The Police Services Act investigation into this matter is still outstanding and is being led by the Ontario Provincial Police. That process will now continue. Further updates will be provided when available.' With files from CTV News Ottawa's Katie Griffin
CTV News
15-05-2025
- CTV News
Officer with the Central Saanich, B.C., police charged with driving offence
A Central Saanich police vehicle is seen in Central Saanich, a district municipality in Greater Victoria, B.C., on December 20, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito The BC Prosecution Service says an officer with the Central Saanich Police Service has been charged for driving without due care and attention. The charge against Cpl. Phillip DiBattista is in relation to a crash with a cyclist that happened on May 21, 2024. The prosecution service says B.C.'s police watchdog investigated the crash and filed a report for consideration of charges. The Independent Investigations Office said in a news release issued in March that a man on his bicycle was going in the same direction as the officer when they were involved in a crash. The office said that while it was later determined the man's injuries didn't meet the threshold for serious harm, the director of police services ordered it to continue with the investigation. DiBattista's first court appearance on the charge is scheduled for June 11 at the Victoria Law Courts. This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 15, 2025.
