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Global News
5 days ago
- Global News
Police in Ontario town find car tied to fatal hit and run set ablaze
Police in Hanover, Ont., have released an image of a 'destroyed' vehicle which they say had been set on fire shortly after a fatal hit and run in the small Ontario community last week. On Wednesday at around 5:20 p.m., police said emergency services were dispatched to the entrance to Hanover Park after a hit-and-run collision involving a pedestrian had been reported. Police said 66-year-old Hanover resident Sheila Lamont was crossing the street when she was hit by a vehicle, which fled the scene at a high rate of speed. Lamont was transported to an area hospital by paramedics where she later died due to her injuries. 'Shortly before the collision it was determined the suspect vehicle had travelled along Concession 2 SDR in the former Brant Township, also known as Southline,' a release from police read. Story continues below advertisement 'The vehicle went northbound past the Hanover and District Hospital onto 7th Avenue driving in an erratic manner before striking the pedestrian at the Hanover Park. After the collision, the suspect vehicle continued northbound on Bruce County Road 10, turning westbound on Concession 4 in the former Brant Township.' Get breaking National news For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen. Sign up for breaking National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy Two days later, Hanover police chief posted a picture of a burnt-up 2008 Chrysler PT Cruiser on X, saying that further details were to follow. Deputy Chief George Hebblethwaite told Global News on Monday morning that a tip had led them to find the destroyed vehicle in the brush near Morry's Trailer Sales on Sideroad 25. 'We were speaking with someone who we had been given the name of, and that person turned out to have some information which led us to the car,' he said. Police believe the fire occurred within a couple of hours of the initial crash and that the vehicle has been examined by OPP forensic officers. HPS investigators have recovered the 2007 PT Cruiser (pictured below) that was involved in a fatal hit & run collision on Wednesday, June 11th at 5:20 p.m. in the Town of Hanover. The vehicle was destroyed by fire in a bush lot on Sideroad 25 in the former Brant Township just .. — Christopher Knoll (@ChiefKnoll) June 14, 2025 Story continues below advertisement In a release on Sunday police said that 'the registered owner of the PT Cruiser has been interviewed and is cooperating fully with the investigation. Although this person was the registered owner, they never had care or control of the vehicle since it was purchased.' Hebblethwaite also told Global News that police expect to make an arrest on Monday in connection with the case. 'There is a person that we are seeking,' he explained, adding they expect to make an announcement Monday afternoon or Tuesday morning. Hanover is a town of around 8,000 people in Grey County about 100 kilometres north of Kitchener.
Yahoo
14-06-2025
- Yahoo
One dead, two hospitalized in Decatur crash
DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) — A 68-year-old Decatur man was pronounced deceased following the serious injuries he sustained in a two-vehicle accident Friday afternoon. At approximately 3:11 p.m. on June 13, Decatur Police Officers were called to the intersection of W Rock Springs Road and Westgate Drive in reference to a crash involving two vehicles. The initial investigation revealed a Chrysler PT Cruiser was sitting in the eastbound lane of W Rock Springs Road facing westbound. Decatur man gets 8 years in prison for distributing child pornography The PT Cruiser abruptly turned right, across the westbound lane and toward a driveway on the north side of W Rock Springs Road. A Chevrolet 1500 truck was traveling westbound on W Rock Springs Road and collided with the passenger's side of the PT Cruiser. The driver of the Chevrolet 1500 was an 18-year-old male and Decatur resident, while the passenger was a juvenile male from Decatur. Both occupants of this vehicle were transported to a local hospital with minor injuries. The driver of the PT Cruiser was a 68-year-old male and Decatur resident. He sustained serious injuries in the crash and was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced deceased a short time later. Additionally, there were no indications that the driver of the Chevrolet 1500 was under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Members of the Fatal Accident Investigation Team responded to the scene and are actively investigating the crash. There is no further information available at this time. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Winnipeg Free Press
03-06-2025
- Health
- Winnipeg Free Press
Man awaiting trial in family's slaying pleads guilty to impaired crash
A Manitoba man awaiting trial in the murders of five people, including his three young children, admitted responsibility Tuesday for a drunk driving collision that sent two people to hospital. Ryan Manoakeesick, 31, pleaded guilty to two counts of impaired driving causing bodily harm for the Sept. 11, 2021 crash and was sentenced to nine months in jail. Manoakeesick was on bail for the incident when, in February 2024, he was charged with five counts of first-degree murder in the killings of his common-law partner Amanda Clearwater, 30, and their three children — Bethany, 6, Jayven, 4, and Isabella, two months — and Clearwater's 17-year-old niece, Myah Gratton. Facebook Ryan Manoakeesick Court heard Manoakeesick was behind the wheel of a Chrysler PT Cruiser, driving west on Highway 3 toward Carman when he swerved into the oncoming lane and collided with a cargo van carrying eight people, six of them children. A 24-year-old female passenger in Manoakeesick's vehicle and a 45-year-old female passenger in the cargo van were taken to hospital with minor injuries. Manoakeesick's blood-alcohol level was later determined to be more than double the legal limit for driving. Manoakeesick was sentenced to an additional 30 days in custody for uttering a threat to a police officer after he was taken into custody for causing a disturbance at a Carman bar in December 2023. Manoakeesick appeared in court via video from Milner Ridge Correctional Centre, where he is awaiting trial for murder in 2026. Crown and defence lawyers jointly recommended the 10-month sentence, which Manoakeesick has already served in remand custody. Provincial court Judge Cynthia Devine was provided no details of Manoakeesick's background or his impending trial. 'Mr. Manoakeesick is proceeding to a substantive matter where both a judge and a jury at this point will be arranged,' said defence lawyer Morgan Lawrence. 'It would be prejudicial to proceedings if too much of Mr. Manoakeesick's background (was put on the record).' 'It would be prejudicial to proceedings if too much of Mr. Manoakeesick's background (was put on the record).'–defence lawyer Morgan Lawrence Wednesdays Sent weekly from the heart of Turtle Island, an exploration of Indigenous voices, perspectives and experiences. Devine said the case was a 'little bit unusual,' in that she typically knows more about an offender before sentencing them. 'I don't know anything more about you, but I do take judicial notice of the fact that you are an Indigenous young man and… the fact that colonialism and residential schools have wreaked havoc on Indigenous people in this country,' Devine said. 'I know without Ms. Lawrence giving me a lot of detail that somewhere along the way your family and perhaps you have suffered trauma.' Devine said the recommended sentence was 'on the low side, but not unfit,' and recognized Manoakeesick could have successfully challenged the evidence against him on Charter grounds at trial. 'This was a true plea bargain,' she said. Dean PritchardCourts reporter Dean Pritchard is courts reporter for the Free Press. He has covered the justice system since 1999, working for the Brandon Sun and Winnipeg Sun before joining the Free Press in 2019. Read more about Dean. Every piece of reporting Dean produces is reviewed by an editing team before it is posted online or published in print — part of the Free Press's tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. Read more about Free Press's history and mandate, and learn how our newsroom operates. Our newsroom depends on a growing audience of readers to power our journalism. If you are not a paid reader, please consider becoming a subscriber. Our newsroom depends on its audience of readers to power our journalism. Thank you for your support.
The Advertiser
30-05-2025
- The Advertiser
Aniston 'stalker' found mentally incompetent for trial
A man accused of stalking Jennifer Aniston and crashing his car through her front gate is mentally incompetent to stand trial, a judge has ruled. The move in a Los Angeles County mental health court came after a second psychiatrist examined the defendant, Jimmy Wayne Carwyle, and reached the same conclusion as the first: that his mental health would not allow him to answer to felony charges of vandalism and stalking of the Friends star. "The court finds the defendant is not currently competent to stand trial," Judge Maria Cavalluzzi said. "Criminal proceedings will remain suspended." Carwyle, 48, of Mississippi, has pleaded not guilty. He appeared behind glass in a custody area of the courtroom and did not speak. He looked vastly different than his previous two court hearings. His scraggly grey hair and beard had been shorn, and he was wearing bright yellow county jail clothing after previously appearing with bare shoulders, wrapped in a blanket-like smock meant for suicide prevention. Carwyle had argued that he is competent, and exercised his right to a second opinion after an initial incompetence finding last week. "It's not the outcome my client would have preferred," Deputy Public Defender Robert Krauss told the judge. A conviction on the charges, along with an aggravating circumstance of the threat of great bodily harm, could bring up to three years in prison for Carwyle. The incompetence finding has no set end date but it is temporary, and the standard criminal process could resume later. Cavalluzzi ordered more comprehensive mental evaluations to help determine where and how he'll be held, and what his treatment will be. The judge also said a lawyer representing Aniston would be allowed to speak at the next hearing. Carwyle's next court date is June 26. Aniston's lawyer, Blair Berk, was in the courtroom observing on Thursday, but did not speak. He declined comment outside court. Prosecutors allege Carwyle had been harassing Aniston with a flood of voicemail, email and social media messages for two years before driving his Chrysler PT Cruiser through the gate of her home in the wealthy Bel Air neighbourhood of Los Angeles on May 5, causing major damage. A security guard stopped him in her driveway until police arrived. Authorities said Aniston was home at the time, but did not come into contact, and no one was injured. Aniston became one of television's biggest stars in her 10 years on Friends from 1994 until 2004. She won an Emmy Award for best lead actress in a comedy for the role, and she has been nominated for nine more. She currently stars in The Morning Show on Apple TV+. Lifeline 13 11 14 beyondblue 1300 22 4636 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732) A man accused of stalking Jennifer Aniston and crashing his car through her front gate is mentally incompetent to stand trial, a judge has ruled. The move in a Los Angeles County mental health court came after a second psychiatrist examined the defendant, Jimmy Wayne Carwyle, and reached the same conclusion as the first: that his mental health would not allow him to answer to felony charges of vandalism and stalking of the Friends star. "The court finds the defendant is not currently competent to stand trial," Judge Maria Cavalluzzi said. "Criminal proceedings will remain suspended." Carwyle, 48, of Mississippi, has pleaded not guilty. He appeared behind glass in a custody area of the courtroom and did not speak. He looked vastly different than his previous two court hearings. His scraggly grey hair and beard had been shorn, and he was wearing bright yellow county jail clothing after previously appearing with bare shoulders, wrapped in a blanket-like smock meant for suicide prevention. Carwyle had argued that he is competent, and exercised his right to a second opinion after an initial incompetence finding last week. "It's not the outcome my client would have preferred," Deputy Public Defender Robert Krauss told the judge. A conviction on the charges, along with an aggravating circumstance of the threat of great bodily harm, could bring up to three years in prison for Carwyle. The incompetence finding has no set end date but it is temporary, and the standard criminal process could resume later. Cavalluzzi ordered more comprehensive mental evaluations to help determine where and how he'll be held, and what his treatment will be. The judge also said a lawyer representing Aniston would be allowed to speak at the next hearing. Carwyle's next court date is June 26. Aniston's lawyer, Blair Berk, was in the courtroom observing on Thursday, but did not speak. He declined comment outside court. Prosecutors allege Carwyle had been harassing Aniston with a flood of voicemail, email and social media messages for two years before driving his Chrysler PT Cruiser through the gate of her home in the wealthy Bel Air neighbourhood of Los Angeles on May 5, causing major damage. A security guard stopped him in her driveway until police arrived. Authorities said Aniston was home at the time, but did not come into contact, and no one was injured. Aniston became one of television's biggest stars in her 10 years on Friends from 1994 until 2004. She won an Emmy Award for best lead actress in a comedy for the role, and she has been nominated for nine more. She currently stars in The Morning Show on Apple TV+. Lifeline 13 11 14 beyondblue 1300 22 4636 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732) A man accused of stalking Jennifer Aniston and crashing his car through her front gate is mentally incompetent to stand trial, a judge has ruled. The move in a Los Angeles County mental health court came after a second psychiatrist examined the defendant, Jimmy Wayne Carwyle, and reached the same conclusion as the first: that his mental health would not allow him to answer to felony charges of vandalism and stalking of the Friends star. "The court finds the defendant is not currently competent to stand trial," Judge Maria Cavalluzzi said. "Criminal proceedings will remain suspended." Carwyle, 48, of Mississippi, has pleaded not guilty. He appeared behind glass in a custody area of the courtroom and did not speak. He looked vastly different than his previous two court hearings. His scraggly grey hair and beard had been shorn, and he was wearing bright yellow county jail clothing after previously appearing with bare shoulders, wrapped in a blanket-like smock meant for suicide prevention. Carwyle had argued that he is competent, and exercised his right to a second opinion after an initial incompetence finding last week. "It's not the outcome my client would have preferred," Deputy Public Defender Robert Krauss told the judge. A conviction on the charges, along with an aggravating circumstance of the threat of great bodily harm, could bring up to three years in prison for Carwyle. The incompetence finding has no set end date but it is temporary, and the standard criminal process could resume later. Cavalluzzi ordered more comprehensive mental evaluations to help determine where and how he'll be held, and what his treatment will be. The judge also said a lawyer representing Aniston would be allowed to speak at the next hearing. Carwyle's next court date is June 26. Aniston's lawyer, Blair Berk, was in the courtroom observing on Thursday, but did not speak. He declined comment outside court. Prosecutors allege Carwyle had been harassing Aniston with a flood of voicemail, email and social media messages for two years before driving his Chrysler PT Cruiser through the gate of her home in the wealthy Bel Air neighbourhood of Los Angeles on May 5, causing major damage. A security guard stopped him in her driveway until police arrived. Authorities said Aniston was home at the time, but did not come into contact, and no one was injured. Aniston became one of television's biggest stars in her 10 years on Friends from 1994 until 2004. She won an Emmy Award for best lead actress in a comedy for the role, and she has been nominated for nine more. She currently stars in The Morning Show on Apple TV+. Lifeline 13 11 14 beyondblue 1300 22 4636 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732) A man accused of stalking Jennifer Aniston and crashing his car through her front gate is mentally incompetent to stand trial, a judge has ruled. The move in a Los Angeles County mental health court came after a second psychiatrist examined the defendant, Jimmy Wayne Carwyle, and reached the same conclusion as the first: that his mental health would not allow him to answer to felony charges of vandalism and stalking of the Friends star. "The court finds the defendant is not currently competent to stand trial," Judge Maria Cavalluzzi said. "Criminal proceedings will remain suspended." Carwyle, 48, of Mississippi, has pleaded not guilty. He appeared behind glass in a custody area of the courtroom and did not speak. He looked vastly different than his previous two court hearings. His scraggly grey hair and beard had been shorn, and he was wearing bright yellow county jail clothing after previously appearing with bare shoulders, wrapped in a blanket-like smock meant for suicide prevention. Carwyle had argued that he is competent, and exercised his right to a second opinion after an initial incompetence finding last week. "It's not the outcome my client would have preferred," Deputy Public Defender Robert Krauss told the judge. A conviction on the charges, along with an aggravating circumstance of the threat of great bodily harm, could bring up to three years in prison for Carwyle. The incompetence finding has no set end date but it is temporary, and the standard criminal process could resume later. Cavalluzzi ordered more comprehensive mental evaluations to help determine where and how he'll be held, and what his treatment will be. The judge also said a lawyer representing Aniston would be allowed to speak at the next hearing. Carwyle's next court date is June 26. Aniston's lawyer, Blair Berk, was in the courtroom observing on Thursday, but did not speak. He declined comment outside court. Prosecutors allege Carwyle had been harassing Aniston with a flood of voicemail, email and social media messages for two years before driving his Chrysler PT Cruiser through the gate of her home in the wealthy Bel Air neighbourhood of Los Angeles on May 5, causing major damage. A security guard stopped him in her driveway until police arrived. Authorities said Aniston was home at the time, but did not come into contact, and no one was injured. Aniston became one of television's biggest stars in her 10 years on Friends from 1994 until 2004. She won an Emmy Award for best lead actress in a comedy for the role, and she has been nominated for nine more. She currently stars in The Morning Show on Apple TV+. Lifeline 13 11 14 beyondblue 1300 22 4636 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732)
NBC News
29-05-2025
- NBC News
Man found mentally incompetent to stand trial in Jennifer Aniston gate crashing
LOS ANGELES — A judge declared Thursday that a man is mentally incompetent to stand trial on charges of stalking Jennifer Aniston and crashing his car through her front gate. The move in a Los Angeles County mental health court came after a second psychiatrist examined the defendant, Jimmy Wayne Carwyle, and reached the same conclusion as the first: that his mental health would not allow him to answer to felony charges of vandalism and stalking of the 'Friends' star. 'The court finds the defendant is not currently competent to stand trial,' Judge Maria Cavalluzzi said. 'Criminal proceedings will remain suspended.' Carwyle, 48, of Mississippi, has pleaded not guilty. He appeared behind glass in a custody area of the courtroom and did not speak. He looked vastly different than his previous two court hearings. His scraggly gray hair and beard had been shorn, and he was wearing bright yellow county jail clothing after previously appearing with bare shoulders, wrapped in a blanket-like smock meant for suicide prevention. 'It's not the outcome my client would have preferred,' Deputy Public Defender Robert Krauss told the judge. A conviction on the charges, along with an aggravating circumstance of the threat of great bodily harm, could bring up to three years in prison for Carwyle. The incompetence finding has no set end date but it is temporary, and the standard criminal process could resume later. Cavalluzzi ordered more comprehensive mental evaluations to help determine where and how he'll be held, and what his treatment will be. The judge will get a report on the results at a June 26 hearing, where Aniston or her attorney will be allowed to share her perspective on the case. Aniston's lawyer, Blair Berk, was in the courtroom observing Thursday, but did not speak. Berk and the deputy district attorney handling the case declined to comment outside court. Prosecutors allege Carwyle had been harassing Aniston with a flood of voicemail, email and social media messages for two years before driving his Chrysler PT Cruiser through the gate of her home in the wealthy Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles on May 5, causing major damage. A security guard stopped him in her driveway until police arrived. Authorities said Aniston was home at the time, but did not come into contact, and no one was injured. Aniston became one of television's biggest stars in her 10 years on NBC's 'Friends,' from 1994 until 2004. She won an Emmy Award for best lead actress in a comedy for the role, and she has been nominated for nine more. She currently stars in 'The Morning Show' on Apple TV+.
