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Four youths, one of them a 12-year-old girl, face a long list of charges following a wild ride in a stolen vehicle from Smiths Falls to Cornwall.
The pursuit began Wednesday afternoon when a car that had been reported stolen was involved in several reports of dangerous driving in and around Smiths Falls.
An OPP officer “narrowly avoided” injury when they tried to flag the vehicle down near Kemptville.
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Provincial police emphasized there was no active “chase” of the vehicle.
“We kept searching for them, they would refuse to stop and we would go look for them again,” Bill Dickson, OPP East Region spokesman wrote in an email.
The pursuit, involving a half-dozen police agencies, continued until the vehicle left the road in the Spencerville area.
Police recovered a quantity of suspected cocaine, other drugs, alcohol and weapons in the car.
The hunt included officers from the OPP detachments in Ottawa, Grenville County, Leeds County and Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry, as well as the Smiths Falls Police Service. The OPP Emergency Response Team and the force’s collision investigations specialists were also involved.
A 15-year-old girl from Tay Valley Township has been charged with:
- Possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose
- Flight from a peace officer
- Dangerous operation of a vehicle
- Possession of a Schedule 1 substance
- Possession of a Schedule 3 substance
- Failure to comply with an undertaking
A 15-year-old youth, a second 15-year-old girl and a 12-year-old girl, all from Smiths Falls, were charged with:
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- Possession of a Schedule 1 substance
- Possession of a Schedule 3 substance
- Possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime, over $5,000
Smiths Falls police have also charged the male with:
- Dangerous operation of a vehicle
- Flight from a peace officer
- Possession of property obtained by crime, over $5,000
Two of the accused were held for bail hearings, while the other two were released with scheduled court appearances.
The OPP confirmed that the incidents are connected to earlier Smiths Falls reports of missing teenagers.
“The names of the accused cannot be released or reported under the terms of the Youth Criminal Justice Act,” police said.
An unspecified incident in Cornwall remains under investigation, police said.
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