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In the early morning hours of Sunday, May 23, 2021, a fight broke out at a house party in the 300-block of Victoria Street in Kingston. A female was stabbed, and now Kingston Police detectives are asking for any witnesses and attendees of the party to contact them. At approximately
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Kingston Police are providing a handful of details regarding the homicide investigation involving a death and stabbing that occurred within 48 hours on Wednesday, May 12 and Thursday, May 13, 2021. According to Kingston Police, Ryan Villeneuve, 41, was found deceased after police responded to the apartment building at 290
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Following a stabbing on the morning of Thursday, May 13, 2021 and a subsequent search for the suspect, Kingston Police have charged a local woman with murder. However, it turns out the stabbing and search were also connected to a second assault – the day before, the suspect allegedly murdered
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Update (Friday, May 14, 2021 at 5:02 p.m.)On Friday, May 14, 2021, Kingston Police announced the the suspect involved in the Cassidy Street stabbing had been charged with murder. However, the murder charge stems from a separate incident that occurred the day before and resulted in the death of 41-year-old
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A decision has been made by the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) in regards to a 12-hour standoff on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020 between Kingston Police and a man armed with a knife who had barricaded himself into a Ford Street residence. The man had previously stabbed four others before police
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A local woman is facing charges after a confrontation between her and a teen male escalated into violence, resulting in both parties being taken to hospital. The incident occurred on the night of Wednesday, Apr. 7, 2021 when, at approximately 6:15 p.m., Kingston Police and Frontenac Paramedics were dispatched to
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A Windsor man was arrested after stabbing a male victim and his girlfriend after a transaction in a north end parking lot. At approximately 6:50 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, the male victim and his girlfriend attended the rear parking lot of an apartment building located in Kingston’s north
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Kingston Police are currently investigating after a person was stabbed on a Kingston Transit bus on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020. Kingston Police were dispatched to the area of Brock Street and Bagot Street at approximately 10:07 a.m. after one passenger on a bus was stabbed by another. Policed cordoned off
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Update (Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020): According to Kingston Police, no suspect has been formally identified in the case of the stabbing at the corner of Division and Pine Streets in downtown Kingston. “No arrests have been made,” said Const. Ash Gutheinz, Media Relations Officer for Kingston Police. Police did say
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Update (Friday, Sept. 25, 2020) Kingstonist has learned the identity of the suspect involved in the serious assault and subsequent standoff on Ford Street, which took place on Wednesday, Sept 23, 2020. According to witnesses on the scene and subsequent follow up investigation, the suspect behind the incident is Mitchell
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For an update on the charges laid against the suspect in this case, click here. Ford Street, in Kingston’s north end, remains closed for much of Wednesday afternoon as Kingston Police respond to an early morning violent incident. “Kingston Police Emergency Response Unit is on scene at Ford Street as
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A crowd gathered Monday afternoon at the outdoor ampitheatre behind City Hall to celebrate the bravery of Kingston Police Constable Fil Wisniak. Const. Wisniak received a Police Association Of Ontario’s (PAO) 2020 Police Services Hero of the Year Award for his life-saving actions during a fatal stabbing incident in Kingston
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