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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
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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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A small garage fire in Amherstview has led to multiple charges for a local man, including arson and mischief endangering life. Both the Lennox and Addington (L&A) County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and Loyalist Township Fire Services responded to the fire at an Amherstview residence on Manitou
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Police responding to youths causing problems at the Cataraqui Centre ended up dealing with a belligerent man at the adjacent library, but were forced to continue seeking the man involved after he fled from officers on foot. On Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020 when, at approximately 8 p.m., an officer was
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A local man and a local woman were each arrested and charged after police apprehended them in two separate vehicle theft cases over the weekend. The first incident occurred on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019 when, at approximately 8 p.m., police received information that a man was trying to sell a
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After receiving a report of a stolen snow mobile, officers with the Leeds County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) ended up chasing the stolen vehicle in an investigation that resulted in six charges. Just after 8 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019, the OPP were advised that a
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