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A large police presence and reports of loud bangs caused a commotion in the neighbourhood surrounding McBurney (Skeleton) Park in downtown Kingston as five people were arrested in a drug raid last week. The incident occurred on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021, when at around 4:25 p.m., members of the Kingston
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Five people from Kingston and Whitby are facing a litany of charges after a long investigation, Project Stokes, resulted in multiple arrests. According to Kingston Police, their Street Crime and Drug Enforcement Unity began Project Stokes in the fall of 2020. The investigation involved the assistance of the Provincial Biker
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Lennox and Addington County OPP have charged a Toronto man with six separate counts, after he was stopped on the Eastbound highway 401 near Napanee on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. According to an OPP press release from the same day, Police say their officers observed a vehicle with a heavily-tinted
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Kingston Police responding to a call for assistance at a downtown apartment building opened up a whole new case when a male was located in possession of prohibited weapons by happenstance. At approximately 10:47 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021, Kingston Police were called to 381 Bagot Street, an apartment
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A local man is facing five charges after an argument escalated into violence, requiring police to attend the scene. The incident occurred on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021 when, at approximately 10:10 p.m., the accused man began to argue with the male victim at a hotel in central Kingston. The two
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A man and a woman from Kingston, along with two men from Toronto, are facing a laundry list of charges after police discovered three people in a vehicle with drugs and weapons. The investigation began on Friday, Apr. 24, 2020 when members of the Kingston Police Drug Enforcement Unit arrested
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Six individuals are facing charges after the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) East Region Community Street Crime Unit seized illegal drugs and weapons in Deseronto earlier today. The Street Crime Unit, along with the OPP Emergency Response Team, executed a search warrant at a home on Main Street in Deseronto on
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An incident that brought a large police presence to Kingston General Hospital (KGH) for several hours ended peacefully with no charges laid, according to Kingston Police. The incident, which was initially called into police as a weapons offence, took place on Monday, May 4, 2020 beginning at approximately 10:15 p.m.
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A Kingston man is facing 10 charges after police responded to him causing a disturbance in the early morning hours of Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2020. The disturbance occurred in an apartment building in the north end of Kingston where, at approximately 12:50 a.m., the man was reported to police. Witnesses
Read moreKingston Police responding to a call regarding a suspicious vehicle parked behind a west end business ended up in a tussle to gain control of a stolen vehicle. The incident began at approximately 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Jun. 26, 2019 when Kingston Police officers responded to the call. Prior to
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Two local men are facing multiple charges after one of them exhibited some poor driving skills in front of a police officer. A Kingston Police patrol officer observed a vehicle making a bad turn into a laneway off of Compton Street at approximately 2 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018.
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A 35-year-old Kingston man wanted on six warrants was found and arrested, and is now facing a litany of charges, according to Kingston Police. The man was involved in a series of illegal behaviour, and became an issue to local police on Monday, July 30, 2018. At approximately 10 a.m.
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