Ontario Male Charged with Multiple Offences

At approximately 11:40 am yesterday (Mar 7),  Charlottetown Police Services responded to a break and enter complaint at a residence on Alley Street.  Video surveillance was reviewed and a male suspect was identified and the video showed him leaving in a vehicle with a New Brunswick license plate.    That vehicle had been reported stolen from the Moncton area earlier in the day.

Patrol Officers with the assistance from the Street Crime Unit located the vehicle on Euston Street at 1:45pm.   As the vehicle pulled into a parking lot, Officers boxed the vehicle in arrested the driver without incident.

A 39 year old Ontario male has been charged with possession of stolen property, two counts of break and enter and three counts of breach of probation.  The accused has been remanded in custody and will appear in Provincial Court this afternoon for a show cause hearing.

File: 2023296244

At approximately 3:05 pm yesterday afternoon (Mar 5), Charlottetown Police Services responded to a complaint of someone pointing a firearm out of the passenger side window of a vehicle that was traveling on Capital Drive.

The complainant was able to provide a description of the vehicle and direction of travel.   Given the direction of travel, the Queens RCMP were advised of the complaint as the vehicle was heading into their jurisdiction and asked to be on the lookout.   A short time later, RCMP located the vehicle and arrested  two males.   A replica hand gun (bb gun) was located and seized.  RCMP turned over the two males to Charlottetown Police for the continuation of the investigation.

As a result, two 22 year old males have been charged with possession of a weapon.  Both males will appear in Provincial Court at a later date.

On Wednesday March 1, 2023 at approximately 1:00pm, the Charlottetown Police Services Street Crime Unit with the assistance of Patrol Officers and the Rapid Tactical Deployment Containment Team conducted a targeted traffic stop on Grafton Street and simultaneously executed a Controlled Drug and Substance Act Search Warrant at a residence on the Donaldson Road in Millcove.

Officers seized 91 grams of cocaine, a replica firearm, drug paraphernalia and just over 3450.00 dollars in cash.

Two males, 43 and 40 years old, both from Millcove have been charged with CDSA 5(2) –  Possession of drugs for the purpose of trafficking.

Both males have been released from custody with conditions and will appear in Provincial Court at a later date.

Files: 2023248059, 2023262241

On Thursday Feb 23 at approximately 12:05 pm, the male pictured below threw a metal object into the living room window of a residence on W Burns Street.  The 76 year old female home owner was home at the time.  Although startled by the event she was not injured.

On Sunday Feb 26 at approximately 3:45 pm, someone threw a brick through the same window at the same residence.  Again, the home owner was home and not injured.

Anyone with information regarding this property damage is asked to contact police at 902-629-4172, complete the tip section below or contact PEI Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

Files: 2023258419, 20233259746

Charlottetown Police Services have recovered two stolen vehicles that were reported stolen on Saturday, one male is facing charges.

At 4:50 pm on Saturday (Feb 25), Police responded to a report of a vehicle that had been left running while at a business on Grafton Street.  While inside the business, someone got in the vehicle and drove away.

During the course of this investigation, Police were able to determine a possible location of the stolen vehicle and attended an address on Route 19 in Canoe Cove and located the abandoned vehicle.

During this time (at 10:30 pm) a second vehicle was reported stolen to Police.  This vehicle had been left running while the owner attended a business on University Avenue.   While Police were still on scene in Canoe Cove, this second stolen vehicle arrived at the this location and Officers were able to arrest the driver without incident.

As a result of both these investigations, a 28 year old male (no fixed address) has been charged with two counts of possession of property obtained by crime and one count of theft of motor vehicle.   The accused has been released from custody with conditions and will appear in Provincial Court on March 23, 2023.

In both these thefts the vehicles had been left running unattended.  The pubic is asked to be mindful of these type thefts and to avoid leaving their vehicles running while unattended.

Charlottetown Police Services Street Crime Unit with the assistance of Patrol Officers conducted a targeted traffic stop on Allen Street Friday afternoon (Feb 10) at approximately 5:10pm.

The suspect attempted to flee from Police during this traffic stop but got caught up in traffic on Allen Street at which point Officers were able to arrest him without incident.   Subsequent to the arrest, the Street Crime Unit executed a Controlled Drug and Substance Act Search Warrant at his residence in Mill Cove.

Officers seized 219 speed pills, 77 grams of cocaine and over one thousand dollars in cash.

71 year old Earl Rodger GAUTHIER of Millcove has been charged with two counts of CDSA 5(2) –  Possession of drugs for the purpose of trafficking, flight from Police and dangerous driving.

This is the second time in just over two weeks that GAUTHIER has been charged with CDSA offences, he was arrested and charged with two counts of possession of drugs for the purpose of trafficking on January 24, 2023.  He was released with conditions at that time.

The accused has been remanded in custody until his next court date on Thurday Feb 16th.

The public is being informed of a new text scam that Police were made aware of last night.

The scammer sends a text message advising of overdue tickets with a link attached.  Actual text image below.

Do not fall for this scam, simply delete and ignore.

If you’ve provided personal information such as your SIN and/or sent any money if form of bitcoin, pre-paid gift cards – Report the fraud to your local Police

If you did not disclose any personal information or sent money – Report the fraud to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre via their website or by calling 1888-495-8501.

The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre is a good resource to get more information on various frauds and preventative tips.   https://www.antifraudcentre-centreantifraude.ca/index-eng.htm

File: 2023139468

At approximately 10:20 am yesterday morning  (Jan 31), Charlottetown Police Services responded to a 3 vehicle collision at the intersection of Beach Grove Road and North River Road.  While on route, Police were advised that one vehicle left the scene and was traveling south on North River Road,  One of the responding Officers was able to locate and pull the vehicle over near Nassau Street.  While interacting with this drivers, the Officer determined that he was impaired by alcohol.   He was subsequently arrested and provided breath sample that were over twice the legal limit. One person did sustain minor injuries that did not require medical attention.

A 68 year old Charlottetown male was charged with impaired operation of a motor vehicle and will appear in Provincial Court at a later date.

Charlottetown Police Services encourage the public to report any instances of impaired driving…Call 911.

File: 202364800

On January 14, 2023 at 11:45 pm, Charlottetown Police Services responded to a complaint of a downed light pole at the intersection of Grafton Street and Water Street.   Upon review of the E-Watch video surveillance at that intersection, a red pick up truck (pictured below) heading north/west on the Hillsborough Bridge is seen turning left onto Water Street and strike the light pole.   The truck did not remain on scene and continued westbound on Water Street.    The truck should have significant damage on the front passenger side.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 902-629-4172, complete the tip section below or contact PEI Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

Charlottetown Police Services Street Crime Unit with the assistance of Patrol Officers conducted a targeted traffic stop on St Peters Road  and simultaneously executed a Controlled Drug and Substance Act Search Warrant at a residence in Mill Cove yesterday evening (Jan 24).

The search resulted in the seizure of:

• 34.5 grams of cocaine
• 54 grams of dried cannabis
• 50 speed pills (methamphetamine)
• a replica hand gun
• knives
• $9190.00 cash seized
• other drug paraphernalia

A 71 year old Millcove male has been charged with two counts of CDSA 5(2) –  Possession of drugs for the purpose of trafficking.

The accused was released from custody with conditions and will appear in Provincial Court at a later date.