Individual arrested after threatening hotel staff

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On April 15, 2025, at approximately 9:45 p.m. members of the Kingston Police Patrol Division responded to a local hotel to investigate a report of an individual uttering threats toward staff.

Through the course of investigation officers discovered the individual and hotel staff had been involved in a verbal argument which resulted in the hotel staff asking the individual to leave. The individual responded by threatening the well being of the staff and returning to a room inside the hotel. 

The individual was located inside a hotel room and subsequently arrested by the responding officers for uttering threats towards the hotel staff members. A search incident to arrest lead officers to find two pellet handguns in the individuals possession.

The individual, along with their belongings from the room were transported to Kingston Police headquarters. A further search of the individual’s belongings lead officers to discover a quantity of fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine which had been concealed inside a whole rotisserie chicken.

In total officers seized two pellet firearms, 46.1 grams of fentanyl, 10.8 grams of cocaine and 25.2 grams of crystal methamphetamine.

The 44-year-old accused from the Greater Toronto Area was charged with two counts of uttering threats to cause death/bodily harm, two counts of possession of weapons dangerous to public peace, two counts of carry concealed weapon, three counts of breach of probation, fail to comply with release order and three counts of possession of a schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking.

The accused attended a bail hearing and was subsequently remanded into custody.