Dangerous driving leads to multiple charges in Tyendinaga

At approximately 1 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021, officers of the Lennox & Addington (L&A) County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were on patrol and observed a vehicle being operated in a dangerous manner, travelling at a high rate of speed 401 Westbound, west of Deseronto Road.

According to a release from OPP, police stopped the vehicle and arrested the driver for dangerous operation, and all three occupants were arrested for Possession of a Schedule I Substance.

OPP say the vehicle was seized, along with break in tools and stolen property including identity documents, fraudulent cheques and personal documents. 

L&A County OPP have charged:

Vikramjit Singh, age 31, of no fixed address with:

• Dangerous Operation of a motor vehicle;
• Six counts of Possession of Credit Card;
• Possession of Break in Instruments;
• Possession of Property Obtained by Crime;
• Fourteen Counts of Possession of a Forged document;
• Possession of Instrument for forgery;
• Twenty seven counts of Possession of identity Document;
• Possession of a Schedule I Substance – Heroin; and,
• Stunt Driving.

Rajwinder Singh Chauhan, age 27, and Preetam Rattan, age 26, both of no fixed address are charged with:

• Six Counts of Possession of Credit Card;
• Possession of Break in Instruments;
• Possession of Property Obtained by Crime;
• Possession of a Forged document;
• Possession of Instrument for forgery;
• Possession of identity Document; and,
• Possession of a Schedule I Substance – Heroin .

Rattan received a further charge of Fail to Comply with release order.

All accused persons were held for a bail hearing and appeared in the Ontario Court of Justice in Greater Napanee on January 24, 2021.