A 26 year old driver is facing a list of charges after Kingston Police made a traffic stop on September 16th at around 9:35pm after a vehicle was being driven in a dangerous manner near MacDonnell and Concession Streets.
Police were able to catch up to the vehicle as it travelled on Connaught Street and then east on Concession Street where it accelerated away loudly again. Concession Street at this time was also heavily populated with pedestrian and vehicular traffic.
Police arrested the driver and lone occupant of the vehicle for dangerous driving and a search incident to arrest revealed that the accused was in possession of a prohibited weapon as well as an open container of liquor.
A search of the vehicle revealed a loaded 9mm handgun with a swastika carved into the receiver. Police also located a full box of 9mm ammunition. Officers further located a loaded sawed-off shotgun and two other firearms inside the vehicle that were not secured by locks or in storage cases.
A further search of the accused individual’s backpack revealed that they were in possession of various government identification and a credit card, which did not belong to them.
A 26-year-old local individual was charged with the following:
– dangerous operation of a conveyance
– two counts of possession of a weapon dangerous to the public peace
– two counts of transporting a firearm carelessly
– transporting ammunition carelessly
– possession of a prohibited firearm without holding a licence and registration certificate
– contravening a regulation for the transportation of prohibited firearms
– contravening a regulation for the possession of restricted weapons
– contravening a condition of a licence by transporting prohibited weapons
– unauthorized possession of credit card data
– possession of an identity document of another
The accused was taken to police headquarters and held to attend a bail hearing.
