Owen Sound police have arrested a 24-year-old local man after what they call a ‘dangerous series of events.’
Police say just before 5 p.m. on Sunday, July 26th, officers tried to arrest the accused after locating him driving a pickup truck while allegedly breaching multiple release conditions.
They say during the arrest the accused resisted officers, started the vehicle, and fled the scene. In the process, a marked police cruiser was struck, and they say officers were nearly hit.
According to police, the man then drove onto a sidewalk, where several pedestrians including a young woman and a family with a child in a stroller, were forced to take evasive action to avoid being hit.
Police say no one was injured.
At the time of the incident, the accused was on bail and facing numerous outstanding drug and weapons-related charges and was subject to several court-ordered conditions, including an electronic GPS ankle monitor.
As officers searched for the accused, police say they were notified that the electronic GPS monitoring device the accused was required to wear had been deliberately removed and discarded.
The suspect vehicle was located abandoned a short time later. With the assistance of the OPP, including K9 and aviation resources, he was located and arrested after allegedly attempting to break into an occupied residence.
Police say the Owen Sound man is charged with numerous Criminal Code and Highway Traffic Act offences and has been referred to the Intensive Serious Violent Crime Bail Program due to what police describe as “the serious risk he poses to the members of the community.”