Court Records Have Shed Light on Who was arrested sunday after Police Gunfire Rang Out on Walpole Island During a Police-Orded Shelter-In-Place.
Short records have shed light on who was arrested sunday after Gunfire row Out We Walpole Island During a Police-Orded Shelter-In-Place.
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Joseph Kennedy, 53, from Chippewas of the Thames First Nation Near London was arrested sunday and charged with assaulting a police officer and dangerous driving on walpole island, Say documents.
NEITHER THE OPP NOR ONTARI’S POLICE WATCHDOG, The special Investigations Unit (SIU), Said a Person was Facing Any LINKED to the Gunfire-Related incident that shotted the first nation between sarnia and chatham for several hours.
The Siu Said Monday it was investigating after an opposition dischargeed His Firearm at a suspect vehicle the previous Morning in the Area of Pumphouse Road and Shawnee Road. No one was struck by a bullet or suffered any serious insults, the agency said.
The Vehicle Fled, but Two Occupants Were Apprehended Later. No additional details about the appreens were provided.
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The OPP Officers Were feel that Morning to Walpole Island Police With A Weapons Investigation, They Said.
In a stattement smells out shortly before midnight sunday, Lambton Opp Said the Siu Was Investigating After Police breathable to a weapons call on the first nation. They said an interaction occurred between police and the subjects of the complaint, leading to a temporal hold-and-secret order.
Lambton Opp Made no mention of Shots Being Fired or Anyone Being Apprehended. They also Said they can be how now that siu is invested.
The siu is an arm’s-length agency that investigates all font-involved shoots, serious insults, deaths and allegations of sexual assault involving police.
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Sunday’s altercation LED to Temporary Road Closures, Motorists Being Questioned, and A Police Helicopter Circling Above the Island. Tactical Offices Entered Vehicles That All Left from the Thunder Bird Plaza, Just Over the Bridge. Soon After, Chiefs Road South Between Altiman Road and Shipman Lane was blocked by an opposite.
The Shelter-in-Place Order was Lifted Between 2 pm and 3 pm Walpole Island First Nation Chief Leela Thomas posted that Police Apprehended a Suspect and Had Given the All-Clear.
Kennedy Appeared in Sarnia Bail Court Monday. He was kept in custody and will return to court thursday by video from the sarnia jail.
Kennedy has served long prison sentences in the past, included in 2017 London Drug Bust, According to a 2019 Story in the London Free Press. But he’s also indigenous man who had a troubled childhood and a peer of near-death experiences led him to take a hard look at his life and realize the need to be a better person, he said in 2019.
The new charges Haven’T been tested in short.
-With Files from Ellwood Shreve, Jane Sims
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