Kingston News, September 21, 2017

Massage Therapist – Sexual Assault

A Kingston massage therapist has been charged with sexually assaulting one of his patients and Kingston Police believe there may be more victims.

31 year old Coel Francis Findlay was charged on September 19th following an investigation into a complaint about his actions at a local spa.

Findlay has worked at different locations in Kingston and has been an instructor at Trillium College.

Kingston Police are concerned there may be other victims.

Anyone with information that may help in the investigation is being asked to contact Detective Lisa Damczyk or Crime Stoppers.

Nursing Home Sexual Assault

An 82-year-old man has been charged with sexually assaulting an elderly female resident of their nursing home.  Kingston Police say they were contacted on September 7th.

A news release says an investigation determined the man touched the woman in a sexual manner while they were in the hallway of the long term care facility.  The 82 year old man was taken to police headquarters on Wednesday of this week where he was charged and later released for a future court date.

Armed Robbery

The Macs Convenience Store on Bath Road near Queen Mary Road has been robbed by a man wielding a knife.

The man entered the store around 3:00 a.m. yesterday and forced the clerk to open the cash register.  He stole the cash and multiple packs of cigarettes and was last seen running east toward Queen Mary Road.

Police say the man was about 5′ 9″ tall…with a medium build and was wearing a black ski mask with white lettering saying…We the North.

Industrial Accident – Hose Injury

Sousa Ready Mix of Glenburnie has been fined 70-thousand dollars after a worker was injured by an industrial hose on a concrete pump truck.  The Ministry of Labour says it happened in April of 2016 at the Sousa Ready Mix facility in Glenburnie. The worker was hit by the hose after another worker failed to safely release pressure created by an air compressor.  The company pleaded guilty under a section of the Occupational Health and Safety Act.

CAS – How to Help

Family and Children’s Services of Frontenac, Lennox and Addington says it needs three things…and at the top of the list is more foster parents.

Executive Director Steve Woodman says the agency is critically short of foster parents.  Woodman says they currently have a significant number of children in group homes, many of them outside the community.

The agency’s 2017 Report to the Community also asks for public support through donations and understanding of its work…including knowing when to call if you know of a family struggling to take care of their kids.

Goat Vigil

A vigil has been held for the goat killed by a transport truck on the 401 in Kingston on Tuesday night.

Kingston animal rescue workers held the vigil last night for OJ – the name they gave the stray goat they’d been trying to capture since the last week of August.  Its owner has never come forward.

Krystal Petitpas of Homes 4 Paws, Heather Patterson of Forgotten Ferals and Carla Moore of Happy Trails Farm Sanctuary and several others got together last night.

The rescue workers would like to see people trained in helping rescue the strays.  They say nobody is responsible for stray farm animals and that reduces the chances of them being saved.

Coffee – Alzheimer Day

It’s World Alzheimer Day and the McDonalds in Kingston and Napanee are helping the Alzheimer Society with its annual coffee break fund raiser.

50 cents from every coffee sold at McDonalds in Kingston and Napanee between 7am and 2pm today will go to the Alzheimer Society of KFL&A.

Members of the society will also be at the McDonalds to collect donations.

Connect Business Expo

The Greater Kingston Chamber of Commerce is hosting its largest Business Mixer of the year today at the Rogers K-Rock Centre.

The Connect Business Expo takes place from 1:00-6:30pm.

It’s open to the public and the chamber says lots of new companies are taking part in the expo today.