Patrol members quickly locate stolen vehicle

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On April 12, 2025, at approximately 8:45 a.m. members of the Kingston Police Patrol Division received a report that a vehicle had just been stolen from the area of Stephen Street and Patrick Street.

Officers immediately responded to the area to search for the vehicle. One of the responding officers observed a vehicle matching the description of the stolen vehicle travelling north bound on Division Street.

At 8:51 a.m. the responding officers conducted a successful rolling block traffic stop. The lone driver was placed under arrest. During the course of the arrest the driver threatened the officers with violence.

Upon further investigation it was discovered that the accused is a provincially suspended driver three times over as well as a criminally disqualified from driving nation wide. The accused was also wanted on an unrelated arrest warrant from Quebec.

The 39-year-old accused, not originally from Kingston was arrested and charged with theft of a motor vehicle, operation while prohibited, utter threats to cause death or bodily harm and two counts of breach of probation. They were transported to Kingston Police headquarters and held for a bail hearing.