The London Police Cyber Crime Unit and the Toronto Police Service have arrested a Toronto area man in after an Internet Luring investigation that began in January.

Charged with two counts of Luring, two counts of Counselling to commit an Indictable offence, one count of possession of child pornography, one count of accessing child pornography, one count of production of child pornography and one count of bestiality is Alfredo Salvado, 56 years of Toronto. The investigation is continuing.

This project has been made possible by a grant from the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services and the Ministry of the Attorney General.

Over the Superbowl weekend, police conducted a number of RIDES and found a better result than the previous weekend.

Nearly 2,000 vehicles were stopped in the various spotchecks and only 1 driver was arrested for impaired driving. Two other drivers had their licences suspended for having more than the .05 BAC limit.

In addition to the RIDE spotchecks patrol officers arrested three other drivers during the weekend for impaired driving.

This was a marked improvement compared to the previous weekend of drinking driving activity.

Sgt Tom O’Brien

Police are currently investigating a serious collision involving a pedestrian struck that occurred on Monday February 8 2010 at 9:05 am at Viscount Road at Wonderland Road South. The pedestrian was taken to hospital with serious injuries. Further details will be made provided when available. The investigation is continuing.

Traffic Reconstruction Team is attending and the entire intersection at Viscount Road at Wonderland Road South is currently closed for the investigation. We are asking motorists to avoid that area and make alternative routes to their destinations.

The entire intersection is now open for traffic. The investigation is still ongoing.

A northbound car on Wonderland Road South, struck a pedestrian crossing Wonderland Road South within the cross walk area, south of the intersection edge. The car then struck a passing eastbound LTC bus. The 12 year old female pedestrian was taken to hospital with serious injuries and is currently in critical condition. The injuries of the 12 year old female do not appear to be life threatening at this time. The male driver of the car was taken to hospital with non life threatening injuries. The investigation is continuing.

A 79 year old male of London is charged under the Highway Traffic Act for Careless Driving.

On Sunday February 7 2010 at 8:16 pm a lone male entered the Mac’s Milk Variety Store located at 100 Oakville Avenue and passed a note to the clerk demanding money. The suspect obtained a quantity of cash and fled. No weapon was seen. The clerk was not injured. Police are looking for a suspect described as:

• Male, 5’6, 150 lbs, wearing a black winter jacket with a fur lined hood pulled up over his head, yellow winter hat, black pants and boots.

Anyone with any information is asked to contact Police at 519-661-5670 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS. You can also provide your tips online at www.londoncrimestoppers.com.

see also:

Knifepoint Macs Robbery
Oakville Ave. Mac’s Robbery

The Environmental and Engineering Services Department would like to remind Londoners to ensure their basement floor drains contain water. Remember to pour water into the drain every two or three months to reduce the chance of floor drain traps drying out and the potential hazards of sewer gases entering your home. For more information please call 519 661-4570.

Through postings on this page, you can find out if there are any planned – or unexpected – disruptions that affect accessibility to City services or facilities… The City encourages anyone planning to visit of our offices or facilities to first check here in case there is any temporary disruption which would cause inconvenience or an access problem.

This page (coincidentally?) appears following my complaint about an experience at last Tuesday’s meeting of the Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC). Unable to hear much of what was being said, I publicly requested of the committee Chair (former Councillor Gary Williams) that the microphones which are in that room be used.

None were. Not because there was anything wrong with them, but simply because nobody cared enough, and because they weren’t told that they had to.

This kind of crap has been going at London City Hall for far too long, and it’s got to change.

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Hailey’s birth
Into 2010
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Why would a twenty-something stay in London?

Subscribe to their new @DundasCC Twitter feed and keep tabs on what’s going on. Based on my observation, the new management at this Internet-connected core coffee shop is apt to do more of the same in the days to come. If you’re snoozing, you’re losing!

On Thursday February 4 2010 at 9:25 pm the London Police Service Guns and Drugs Section executed a search warrant to a residence on Waterloo Street.

Police seized 487 grams of cocaine ($48,700), 465 grams of marihuana ($4,650), $3,514.30 in Canadian currency and $170 in US currency. A 2005 black Chrysler 300 was also seized as offence related property.

Scott Fitzgerald McManus 27 years of London and Megan Lee Chapman 22 years of London are charged with possession of cocaine for the purpose of trafficking and possession of marihuana for the purpose of trafficking.

Scott Fitzgerald McManus is additionally charged with two counts of failing to comply with a recognizance.

On Thursday February 4 2010 at 4:15 pm a 16 year old female was walking her dog in a green space off of Barker Street near Sussex Place when she was approached by two unknown males. The males demanded money from the victim.

When the victim said she did not have any money she was assaulted by one of the males and her dog was kicked by the other male. The suspects fled without obtaining anything. The victim received minor injuries.

Police are looking for two suspects described as:

• White male, slim build, 20-25yrs, 5′10-5′ll, brown short hair, clean shaven, wearing a long black coat with fur around the hood and blue jeans and running shoes.
• The second suspect is described as white male, 5′5-5′6, slim build, blonde short hair, clean shaven, wearing a blue sweater and blue jeans.

If anyone has any information contact Police at 519-661-5670 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS. You can also provide your tips online at www.londoncrimestoppers.com.