Robert Raymond Schellekens facing nine charges

OPP NEWS RELEASE

************************* Male charged after trying to flee from police

BLIND RIVER, ON - On Friday April 30, 2010. at 2 a.m., officers from the East Algoma OPP detachment stopped a vehicle on Boom Camp Road in Blind River.

As officers approached the vehicle the operator accelerated and headed towards police.

Police began to pursue the vehicle, which was a Ford Contour, for one half a kilometre before it entered the ditch and rolled over.

When the officers approached the vehicle, the driver kicked out the rear window and attempted to flee on foot.

Police were able to capture the suspect a short distance away, where after a short struggle he was placed under arrest.

Charged is 19-year-old Robert Raymond Schellekens of Blind River.

Schellekens is charged with the following criminal offences:

- Impaired operation, section 253(1)(a), Criminal Code

- Being over 80 mgs of alcohol, section 253(1)(b), Criminal Code

- Assault police officer, section 270(1)(a), Criminal Code

- Resist/ obstruct police, section 129(a), Criminal Code

- Mischief under $5,000, section 430(4), Criminal Code

- Possession of stolen property under $5,000, section 354(1)(a), Criminal Code

- Theft of motor vehicle under $5,000, section 334(b), Criminal Code

- Flight from police, section 249.1(1), Criminal Code

- Dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, section 249(1)(a), Criminal Code

Schellekens is scheduled to appear in Blind River court on July 8, 2010.

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