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Whitby Stolen Police Cruiser Located Following Collision |
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11/22/04 - Durham Regional Police Service |
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A 17-year-old Whitby male is facing multiple charges after stealing and then crashing a marked police cruiser Saturday night in Whitby.
On Saturday, November 20th, 2004, at approximately 10:45 p.m., police responded to an elementary school on Fallingbrook Street in Whitby School regarding a large group of youths. Responding officers parked their police vehicle and left to check and when they returned, the cruiser was gone.
At approximately 11:25 p.m. police received information that a police vehicle had crashed at Queen Street and Cassels Road in Brooklin and the injured 17-year-old driver was under the care of a helpful citizen. Officer stopped the helpful citizen and arrested the 17-year-old male for the theft of the police cruiser.
Charged is a 17-year-old Whitby youth with:
Theft Over $5,000
Possession of Property Obtained by Crime
Care and Control of a Motor Vehicle While Impaired
Care and Control of a Motor Vehicle Exceed .08
Fail to Comply with Probation
Possession of a Controlled Substance
Several Highway Traffic Act Offences
The accused was released from custody on an Undertaking and will appear at the Ontario Court of Justice, 850 King Street West on Tuesday December 21st, 2004 to answer to the charges.
Anyone with information about this collision is asked to call the lead investigator, Constable Daniel Weiner of the Whitby Community Police Office at 905-579-1520 (toll free 1-888-579-1520) ext. 1836 or anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.