(CENTRE WELLINGTON TOWNSHIP, ON) – On November 11, 2016 at approximately 10:15 p.m., members of the Wellington County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle on a farm property located on the Eighth Line near Noah Road in Centre Wellington Township.
Officers located the vehicle, a stolen 2004 Ford pick-up truck, as it was exiting a private driveway. Police activated the cruiser’s emergency lights in an attempt to conduct a traffic stop but the vehicle accelerated away at a high rate of speed and entered into a farmer’s field. The vehicle continued to drive dangerously in various fields while causing substantial damage to a crop before it became lodged in a ditch in an attempt to make it back out onto the roadway. A male driver and two female passengers were taken into custody.
29-year-old Jason BURCHIEL of Blenheim faces the following criminal charges:
Drive while Disqualified
Drive while Disqualified
Drive while Disqualified
Dangerous Operation Motor Vehicle
Flight from Police
Possess Property Obtained by Crime
Mischief Under 5000
Fail to Comply with OIC Undertaking
As well as Drive While Under Suspension x2 contrary to the Highway Traffic Act.
He was held for a Bail Hearing.
29-year-old Shannon O’SHEA of Chatham-Kent has been charged with Possession of Property Obtained by a Crime Over $5000 contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada. She is scheduled to appear in Guelph Criminal Court on December 23, 2016 to answer to the charge.
34-year-old Amy Lee KING of no fixed address has been charged with Possession of Property Obtained by a Crime Over $5000 and Obstruct Peace Officer contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada. She is scheduled to appear in Guelph Criminal on December 20, 2016 to answer to the charges.