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When the Frontenac County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) began investigating a report of mischief to property late last month, little did they know it would end with four OPP units engaged in a swift foot chase. But that is precisely what happened after the Frontenac OPP began
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A heavy police presence descended on the Westbrook area of Kingston yesterday and, while they left having apprehended the man they were after, the flurry of activity in between was perhaps more than they’d expected. At approximately 12:20 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021, a number of Kingston Police officers
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Kingston Police are currently searching for a male driver who has been involved in a series of incidents involving dangerous driving, which have been reported by the public over the course of the past week. According to police, a white, four-door, 2021 Mazda 3 hatchback has been involved in nine
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Those going about their daily business at the Kingston Centre yesterday afternoon may have noticed some commotion and police presence after a verbal altercation escalated and resulted in an arrest. Just before 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, Kingston Police were called to one of the businesses within the
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A driver who fled police, struck a cruiser, and flipped her vehicle, resulting in an inquest by the Special Investigations Unit (SIU), is now facing multiple criminal charges. On Thursday, Jul. 29, 2021, the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) issued a press release announcing the charges, which stem from incidents that
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A local man is facing multiple charges after stealing a City of Kingston work truck and attempting to flee police in it. The incident began at approximately 10:20 a.m. on Wednesday, Jun. 16, 2021, when City of Kingston employees at the Novelis facility at 945 Princess Street observed a man
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Three people have been arrested after a driver fled OPP from a traffic stop. On the morning of April 17th, 2021, Leeds County OPP officers witnessed a vehicle in transit without a read license plate. Police say after a brief traffic stop, the driver fled the area with the occupants
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A 31-year-old is currently in custody awaiting a bail hearing after he was involved in a police pursuit on Highway 401 in a stolen vehicle, and was tracked down by a canine unit after fleeing police. According to the Lennox and Addington Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), a
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Three residents from Quebec remain in custody after a traffic stop resulted in a brief foot chase, and the seizure of money, weapons and a cache of credit and debit cards. According to the Lennox and Addington Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), an officer conducted the traffic stop on the afternoon
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A Kingston man created quite a commotion after his erratic driving caught the attention of the Ontario Provincial Police, who pursued the man and ended up deploying a tire deflation device to stop him. At approximately 8:05 p.m. on Tuesday, May 19, 2020, officers from the Central Hastings Detachment of
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Police have charged a local man with a long list of charges after he refused to stop for police while riding his bicycle. At approximately 2:15 a.m. on Wednesday, Apr. 15, 2020, uniformed patrol officers on Montreal Street near Weller Avenue observed three cyclists riding on the sidewalk with no
Read more Officers with the Frontenac County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to two separate incidents involving impaired drivers over the Easter holiday weekend. The first incident occurred on Saturday, Apr. 11, 2020 when, just before 2:30 a.m., the Frontenac OPP received a traffic complaint from a concerned motorist
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