Protest on Keil
Friday morning drivers on Keil Drive are asked by Chatham-Kent police to be extra vigilant, as there are groups of protesters walking there.
Police say the bulk of the protesting is taking place between Riverview Drive and Richmond Street.
Police are working with the organizers to keep the roadway clear.
Assault charge
A Tilbury man has to answer to charges after someone brandished a knife against another Tilbury man Thursday.
Chatham-Kent police got the call about 4:45 p.m. and responded to a Queen Street North address, after a report that two men were arguing, with one of them holding a large knife.
Police arrived on the scene and located one man. The other man left before the police arrived.
Through investigation, police learned the men had been drinking together earlier in the day before the altercation. One man had threatened the other with the knife before the knife was taken from him.
Police also learned the court had released the man with conditions not to be outside his residence with alcohol inside his body.
Mere minutes later, police located their suspect and arrested him. During a search, incident to arrest, suspected cocaine was found in his pocket.
A 20-year-old Tilbury man was charged with assault with a weapon, weapons dangerous, uttering threats, possession of a controlled substance and two counts of failing to comply with a release order. He was transported to police headquarters and held pending a bail hearing.
B&E arrest
This morning about 1 a.m., police responded to a business on Merritt Avenue in Chatham for a break and enter. An employee monitoring the property via surveillance observed the man enter the fenced property through a hole in the fence, remove equipment from a vehicle, and place it outside the fence at the point of entry.
Police arrived on the scene and located the man. The man attempted to flee but was arrested after a short foot pursuit.
Upon arrest, police learned he was bound by a condition to be inside his residence between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m.
A 32-year-old Wallaceburg man was charged with breaking and entering, possessing property obtained by crime and failing to comply with an undertaking. He was transported to police headquarters and held pending a bail hearing.
Bail violation
A traffic stop Thursday night in downtown Chatham led to an arrest a matter of yards away from police headquarters.
At 10:24 p.m., police conducted a traffic stop on Second Street in Chatham.
Police learned the woman driving, and the male passenger were both on conditions not to communicate with each other. They were both arrested.
A 32-year-old Chatham woman and a 27-year-old Chatham man were both charged with failing to comply with an undertaking.
They were transported to police headquarters and released with conditions and a future court date.
