OPP AND KINGSTON POLICE JOINTLY INVESTIGATING HOME INVASIONS

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A Kingston resident has now been charged in connection with home invasions in Kingston and on Wolfe Island.

A joint investigation by the Kingston Police, the Leeds County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and OPP Criminal Investigation Branch began in October 2024. 

On August 22, 2024, Leeds County OPP officers responded to a home on Road 96 on Wolfe Island, where the residents had been assaulted. Then, on September 23, 2024, Kingston Police responded to a home invasion in the Frontenac Street and Brock Street area. During the two incidents, one person suffered life-threatening injuries, and three others suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

On February 11, 2025, a search warrant was executed at a residence on Lasalle Boulevard, in the east end of Kingston. One person was arrested.

Kurtis SCOUTEN, age 29, has been charged jointly under the Criminal Code by the Kingston Police and OPP with:
•    Assault with a weapon – section 267 – three counts
•    Assault – section 266
•    Aggravated assault – section 268
•    Use an imitation firearm to commit an indictable offence – section 85(2)(a) – two counts
•    Break and enter to commit an indictable offence – section 348(1)(b) – two counts
•    Wearing a mask or disguise to commit an indictable offence – section 351(2) – two counts

The accused was remanded into custody following a bail hearing and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Kingston again on February 19, 2025.

The investigation by the Kingston Police and OPP is continuing.

Contact:  Bill Dickson                      Constable Anthony Colangeli
                OPP                                   Kingston Police
                Bill.Dickson@opp.ca        acolangeli@kpf.ca
                613-285-2752                    613-549-4660 Ext. 6331