Monday, June 9, 2008

Arrests: The following four persons will be appearing in bail court

1) Early yesterday morning a 25-year-old male was arrested and charged with one count of assault with a weapon and one count of forcible confinement. It is alleged that the accused assaulted his girlfriend by swinging a bat and a knife at her. The accused is then alleged to have prevented her from leaving the residence. Victim was not injured.

2) A 45-year-old male was arrested yesterday afternoon and charged with one count of assault. It is alleged that on May 31st the accused assaulted his common-law-girlfriend by choking, grabbing and throwing her to the ground. Victim suffered bruising to arms, neck and back as a result of the assault.

3) Ben Spanish, age 31, of 336 Albert St. W. Apt 3B. It is alleged that on Saturday June 7th the accused broke into two residences on Hudson Ave. Residents from one of the addresses returned home to discover the accused in their home. Police were called and after a brief search of the area they located the accused. Follow up investigation by police resulted in the accused being charged with an assault, threatening and mischief. These charges were as a result of an incident that occurred on Portage Lane on June 5th. In the incident it is alleged that the accused assaulted a female known to him by throwing her to the ground. Mr. Spanish is charged with two counts of break and enter, two counts of breach of probation one count of trespass by night, two counts of possession of property obtained by crime, one count of mischief, one count of threatening and one count of assault. The victim of the assault did not require medical attention.

4) A 36-year-old male was arrested at approx. 4:55 am on Saturday June 7th and charged with three counts of breach of probation. It is alleged that on June 7th the accused was consuming alcohol. The accused also failed to notify police of any address changes. Further investigation by police revealed that the accused committed an assault and made threats to his common-law girlfriend early on June 7th. In the incident it is alleged that the accused assaulted his girlfriend by pushing, shoving, slapping and kicking her. He then threatened to kill her. As a result of this information the accused was further charged with one count of assault, one count of threatening death and one count of breach of probation. The victim did not attend for medical treatment.

Two males charged under the New Street Racing Law

Robert Bailey, age 20, of 175 Tancred Street was charged with one count of fail to stop for police under the Criminal Code of Canada, in addition he was also charged under the Highway Traffic Act of Ontario with one count of street racing under the new Street Racing Law.

24 year-old Brent Bellmore of 624 Lennox Avenue was also charged with one count of street racing and one count of operate motor vehicle without insurance under the Compulsory Automobile Insurance Act of Ontario.
Both drivers had their licences seized and suspended for seven days. Their vehicles were towed and will be impounded for seven days.

It is alleged that on the 7th of June at approximately 4:15 pm, the accused Robert Bailey, who was operating a black 1993 Pontiac Trans Am, was racing a male known to him, Brent Bellmore, who was operating a green 1995 Eagle Talon on Queen Street East in the area of Parkdale. An officer conducting radar observed the two vehicles travelling at a high rate of speed and appeared to be racing. The vehicles were observed driving very closely to one another, swerving in an out of traffic, causing other motorists in the area to pull over to the side of the roadway. The vehicles were clocked at a speed of 103km/hr in a 50km/hr zone. When police attempted to stop the accused Robert Bailey, with the cruiser lights flashing and siren activated, he accelerated and sped off at a high rate of speed and failed to stop. Due to public safety, a full police pursuit was not initiated.

Through police investigation, officers were able to identify and locate both the drivers a short time later and the charges were laid. The accused Robert Bailey is to appear in court on the Criminal Code Charge of failing to stop for police on the 14th of July and will appear in Provincial Offences Court on the 9th of July for the Highway Traffic Act charge.
Brent Bellmore is to appear in Provincial Offences Court on the 9th of July.

The new law, which is enforced under the Highway Traffic Act, came into effect in Ontario in the fall of 2007. It allows for much tougher penalties for drivers doing more than 50 km/h over the speed limit. The law now means that cars will automatically be impounded for 7 days, driver's licenses are suspended for a week, and a minimum fine of $2,000 is imposed for anyone caught driving 50 km over the posted speed limit.
Courts can impose a driver's licence suspension of up to 10 years for a second conviction, if the second conviction occurs within 10 years of the first. For a first conviction, the maximum suspension period remains at two years.

Break and Enters

City police investigated eight reports of break and enter over the weekend at the following locations:

151 Trunk Rd. Primo Pizza - unknown what was taken.
418 Fourth Line W. - Crimson Ridge Golf Course - unknown what was taken.
500 block of Goulais Ave. -an apartment was entered and a plasma TV was reported stolen.
Attempt entry reported to a residence in the 700 block of Second Line W.
100 block of Forest Ave - electronic items were stolen.
100 block of Hudson Ave. - Unknown what was taken.
100 block of Pittsburg Ave. - Small amount of cash was taken.
1000 block of Second Line W. - unknown what was taken.

Mischief: Three city bus shelters were reported damaged over the weekend.

At approx. 4:40 am Sunday June 8th a male was observed damaging the bus shelter on McNabb St. near the Group Health Centre. The suspect was last seen running towards Burger King. Suspect, who was wearing a blue striped shirt and cream coloured pants, may have cut himself.
The two other shelters were located in the 2200 block of Queen St. E. - the damage to this new type of shelter is estimated to be $ 1,000 and on Bennett Blvd .

Vehicles were reported damaged in the following locations:
100 block of Glen Ave
300 block of Korah Rd.
800 block of Pine St.
500 block of Allen’s Side Rd.