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Voyeurism charge A Calgary man is charged with counsel- ling to commit voyeurism after he hired private investigator to take inappropri- ate photos of a Cornwall woman. Shahzaib Merwat, 24, was arrested in on Oct. 6 under the strength of an out- standing warrant. A private investigator reported to Corn- wall police that he was hired in June 2012, to obtain inappropriate photos of a 39- y ear-old wo m an. Debit card fraud A 51-year-old Cornwall man is accused of using a woman’s debit card to steal $1,400 from her bank account more than one month ago.. Ronald Villeneuve was arrested b y Cornwall police last Wednesda y . He is ac- cused of fraudulentl y using a wo m an’s debit card between Sept. 3 and Sept. 8. Villeneuve is charged with 12 counts of fraud and 12 counts of possession of sto- len propert y . Cut with a kick A Cornwall teen is accused of kicking a neighbour so hard last Wednesday that he required stitches. Sierra Aspirot, 19, was arrested b y Cornwall police the sa m e da y as the al- leged assault. She is charged with assault causing bodil y har m and three counts of breach of probation. Break and enters Cornwall police are seeking information about four break and enters that oc- curred recently in the city. So m eti m e between Sept. 20 and Sept. 30, suspect gained entr y to a Leonia Street residence through a base m ent window and re m oved a ladies rope-st y le gold chain with a cross, a thin gold chain and a silver ca m era. So m eti m e between Oct. 6 and Oct. 7, CRIME SCENE
suspects gained entr y and re m oved a nu- m erous gold rings, dia m ond gold neck- lace, nu m erous gold chains, and earrings fro m a Jase Street residence. On Oct. 7, suspects gained entr y to an Ivan Crescent ho m e and re m oved a wooden jewelr y box, an undisclosed a m ount of m one y , nu m erous gold rings, bracelets, a gold chain and a watch. On Oct. 9, suspects gained entr y to a Sheridan Street residence and re m oved a Toshiba laptop, an undisclosed a m ount of m one y , a gold chain and personal doc- u m ents. Damaged home A 19-year-old Cornwall man accused of assaulting his 28-year-old girlfriend and damaging her property during an alter- cation Sept. 22 is accused of damaging her home during a subsequent break-in attempt on Oct. 6. The m an is charged with do m estic as- sault, uttering threats, cri m inal harass- m ent, do m estic m ischief under $5,000, and break and enter. He was held in custod y until court the following da y . His na m e was not released as it would identif y the victi m in this in- cident. Hit parked car A 42-year-old Cornwall man is accused of striking a parked vehicle on Seventh Street while intoxicated last Wednes- day. Eric Lang, 42, is charged with i m paired operation of a m otor vehicle and driving while over the legal blood-alcohol li m it. Between friends A 27-year-old Lunenburg man faces charges after he was accused of assault- ing an acquaintance on Aug. 25. Matthew Co m ptois was arrested b y Cornwall police on Oct. 6. after he was accused of assaulting a 29- y ear-old m ale acquaintance weeks earlier.
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City cop charged with child prostitution, luring Charred furniture sits outside the Sunset Motel on Second Street West in Cornwall after a fire engulfed one of the units in the west wing of the motel shortly before 5 a.m. on Oct. 8. A number of people were displaced by the blaze which is believed to have been caused by careless smoking.
was then referred to the Sûreté du Québec, professional standards division, according Cornwall police. Rossignol, who has been a m e m ber of the Cornwall Co mm unit y Police Service since Ma y 22, 2007, re m ains under suspension with pa y , according to Cornwall police. Staff-Sgt. Garr y Derochie of the Cornwall Co mm unit y Police Service told The Journal “there is an active Professional Standards Bureau investigation ongoing” but that “no notice of hearing has been served.” He said whenever an officer has been accused of m isconduct, “an y discipline or discipline hearing would be stood down or adjourned until after the cri m inal m atter has been resolved” because “the evidence should be first heard b y the cri m inal court deciding if there was cri m inal m isconduct.” An y one with additional infor m ation about the investigation is asked to contact Derochie at 613-933-5000 ext. 2411
GREG KIELEC greg.kielec@eap.on.ca
A Cornwall police officer is facing child sex charges after a two-year investigation by police in Quebec. Const. Pascal Rossignol faces charges of invitation to sexual touching, child luring on the Internet and two counts of prosti- tution of a person under the age of 18, ac- cording to a release fro m Cornwall police. Rossignol, who was relieved of his duties on Oct. 13, 2010, the sa m e da y the allega- tions were m ade against hi m , appeared Fri- da y in Québec Provincial Court in Valle y field to face the charges. Cornwall police initiall y referred the al- legations to its special investigations unit, which deter m ined that the alleged offenc- es occurred in Québec. The investigation
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