Driver arrested after police find him hiding in a shed
A 49-year-old Tilbury man is facing a handful of charges after he allegedly tried to hide from police while they were trying to pull his vehicle over.
Chatham-Kent police said they first spotted the vehicle after someone called in a traffic complaint just before 4 p.m. Monday on Middle Line in Tilbury.
Officers were able to track it down and tried to initiate a traffic stop, but police said that started a bizarre chase.
Investigators said the driver tried to get away from police by driving backwards through a stop sign and then took off on foot, eventually hiding in a shed.
Police followed the man and arrested him when they caught up with him.
The accused was charged with impaired driving, dangerous driving, flight from police, break and enter, and resisting arrest.
He was later released with conditions and a future court date.
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Law catches up with three wanted persons
The long arm of the law has reached four more people in Chatham-Kent who were all wanted by a trio of police services.
Chatham-Kent police arrested a 26-year-old Chatham woman who was wanted for possession of stolen property when they caught up with her at 1:15 p.m. Monday on King Street East in Chatham.
She was arrested and released with a future court date.
Around the same time as that first arrest, Chatham-Kent police found a man on Holden Street in Dresden who was wanted for failing to attend court in November 2022.
Police were responding to a disturbance call when they found him.
He was arrested and later released with a future court date.
CK police also arrested 26-year-old woman from Paris, Ontario on Monday who was wanted on an outstanding warrant.
Police said they picked her up just after 5 p.m. Monday on Grand Avenue West when they learned that she was wanted by police in Windsor.
She was arrested and turned over to Windsor police.
A fourth person, who was wanted on a warrant held by Ontario Provincial Police, was arrested during a CK police traffic stop on Wellington Street in Wallaceburg at around 11:45 p.m. Monday.
The 28-year-old Tilbury woman was arrested and turned over to OPP.
