Durham police yesterday said a male is facing charges after he appeared to avoid a RIDE check and fled from police on foot in Newcastle, in the Municipality of Clarington.
On Saturday, December 20, at around 10 pm, members assigned to the RIDE Unit observed a vehicle appearing to avoid the line.
A short time later, the vehicle was located abandoned in a Clarington Fire Station parking lot. Officers, with the assistance of Air1, searched the area and located the driver fleeing on foot through a field.
He was subsequently taken into custody without incident, police said.
Additionally, AIR1 located the suspect’s car keys and a quantity of cocaine, as he fled through the field.
The male, aged 26 from St. Catharines, was charged. Police did not say if he was held for bail or released on an undertaking. Names and further details available at www.drps.ca.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact Cst. Hauk of Central West Division at 1-888-579-1520 ext. 2285.
Editor’s Note: Durham Post does not name the accused parties as:
1. Of this time, they are suspect[s] and not convicted by a court, and
2. Sometimes charges are amended or dropped.