The following is the list of police occurrences in Chatham-Kent on the weekend that the Chatham-Kent Police Service deemed worth sharing to the public.
You will notice there is nothing about the fire Friday at the homeless camp on Grand Avenue East, nor is there a shred of information from the fire at the end of King Street East that reportedly claimed a life on the weekend.
Drug charges
On Friday afternoon, police pulled over a vehicle on Park Street in Chatham and they say the driver is now up on a number of charges.
For starters, police realized he was driving while under suspension, had probation violations, and had drugs in the vehicle.
A 45-year-old man is charged with two counts of driving while under suspension, two counts of possession – one for crack and the other for fentanyl – and a count each of breach of recognizance and failing to comply with a probation order.
Assault
A Tilbury woman faces assault charges in a case of what police are calling intimate partner violence on Saturday afternoon.
Officers were called to a residence in Tilbury about 2:40 p.m. Saturday. They learned a woman assaulted her partner, police say.
A 34-year-old Tilbury woman is charged with assault.
Impaired
A young driver faces charges after getting pulled over early Sunday morning.
Police say officers conducted a traffic stop on St. Clair Street about 3:20 a.m. Sunday after the driver showed signs of impairment.
A 21-year-old Chatham man is charged with driving while impaired, disobeying a stop sign and failing to surrender his licence.
