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OWEN SOUND – A “delusional” man who set fire to a house while people were inside pleaded guilty to arson and separately to making a death threat and was sentenced to 22 months in custody, possibly served in a secure treatment facility.
Benjamin Paul Komisar, 36, of Grand Valley, in Central Ontario. admitted in the Ontario Court of Justice in Owen Sound that he went to a house in nearby Southgate Township on and set the exterior on fire last Dec. 11.
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A “delusional” man who set fire to a house while people were inside pleaded guilty Thursday to arson and separately to making a death threat and was sentenced to 22 months in custody, possibly served in a secure treatment facility.
Benjamin Paul Komisar, 36, of Grand Valley, Ont. admitted in the Ontario Court of Justice in Owen Sound that he went to a house in Southgate Township on Southgate Road 24 and set the exterior on fire last Dec. 11.
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A man who defaced five Owen Sound religious buildings in November pleaded guilty Thursday in a virtual Ontario Court of Justice hearing to committing mischief motivated by bias, prejudice or hate of a religion.
Brodie Williamson, 26, of 1005 2nd Ave. E. in Owen Sound, pleaded guilty to those five charges from Nov. 21 and four court order breaches, on Oct. 3, Oct. 31, Feb. 10 and March 2, all in Owen Sound.
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The places of worship defaced, with a spray-painted ‘X’ and what was said to look like a target symbol, were St. George’s Anglican Church, Church of the Nazarene, Georgian Shores United Church, First Baptist Church on the corners of 10th Street and 4th Avenue East, and Beth Ezekiel Synagogue, 313 11th St. E.
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What prompted Kenneth Sawatsky to stab his two friends in the neck, as they drove off with him to celebrate a birthday, remains uncertain. But it was suggested in court drugs and alcohol played a part.
The 50-year-old South Bruce Peninsula man pleaded guilty Thursday to two counts of attempted murder for the stabbings Dec. 7, 2020, at the intersection of Red Bay Road and Huron Road, just south of Red Bay on the Bruce Peninsula.
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