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Early morning incident in Belleville, 1 dead
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Tue, Jul 31st, '12 - 1:53 pm
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3:05 pm UPDATE: Belleville Police say a post-mortem will be conducted on the 29 year old Belleville man tomorrow. No other details have been released.
Belleville Police have confirmed one man is dead after an altercation at Bridge and Coleman Streets early this morning.
Officers were called to the scene by Paramedics, who took the victim to hospital, where he died from his injuries.
Unconfirmed reports to our newsroom say the man had his neck broken in a fight after leaving a nearby bar.
Belleville Police are asking anyone who may have information on this incident to contact them or Crimestoppers.
Police raid 8 Quinte homes, arrest 14
A year long investigation by Belleville Police, Kingston Police, OPP and the RCMP wrapped up with raids on a number of area homes today.
Project Script started in July of last year, to investigate and gather evidence about a criminal organization involved in the abuse of medical prescriptions.
Police raided a total of eight homes this morning… five of them in Belleville, and one each in Tyendinega Township, Bancroft and Maynooth.
Officers seized a number of weapons, as well as two vehicles, cash and a quantity of various drugs.
Fourteen people were arrested and eight of them have bail hearings today.
Police say a full list of names and charges will be released after the bail hearings
Kingston Police officer charged by SIU
A Kingston Police officer has been charged by the province’s Special Investigations Unit.
The charges relate to an incident on March 18th of this year, when an officer tried to speak to 23 year old John Cammelleri, and he fled the scene.
While fleeing, Cammelleri was struck by a cruiser driven by another officer and suffered injuries to his knees.
As a result, the SIU has charged Constable Andrew Wilby with one count of dangerous driving.
He’ll be in Kingston court on September 11th.
Man dead after incident at Belleville bar: Report
Multiple sources say one person is dead after an incident in Belleville last night.
Police were called to the parking lot outside of Vic’s Place bar at Coleman and Bridge Streets where Blood could be seen on the gravel.
Callers to our newsroom say a man was killed in a fight around closing time.
The reports say the man, who lived nearby, suffered a broken neck before dying.
Police have not confirmed the details.
Legal slogging at Myers Pier
Belleville is clearing up its ownership of harbourfront lands by dealing with the nitty gritty of private property abutments.
The lengthy15-million dollar cleanup of the Meyers Pier area has been completed and Ottawa is ready to hand over the land to the city.
But Director of Corporate Services Julie Oram says there are 26-abutting properties that have tiny bits and pieces of the land not belonging to them.
Oram says these are such things retaining walls and boathouses.
The federal govenrment can’t be sued but the city can, so the city will sign agreements with the people who are using the lands to protect the city from liability.
Woman upset after child refused in Trenton hospital
A Trenton woman is making her anger known after her daughter was refused care by a doctor at Trenton Memorial.
An article in the Toronto Sun says, Brianna Warrhunter took Ruby to hospital, after a rash was noticed on her body.
The report says, once the doctor discovered the girl hadn’t received her immunizations, she was refused care.
Warrhunter says they had to go to another hospital for a diagnosis.
The mother says she and Ruby’s father object immunizations.
In Ontario, physicians have the option of not providing care for unvaccinated children.
Stop watering!
The continuing hot dry weather has led another Quinte region community to ban lawn watering.
Yesterday, Stirling Rawdon announced a watering ban, and today, the Municipality of Tweed has followed suit.
Both bans remain in place until further notice.
Serious incident under investigation
Belleville Police are investigating a serious incident in downtown Belleville early this morning.
Police have yellow police tape up in a small area of the parking lot outside of Vic’s Place bar at Coleman and Bridge Streets.
Blood could be seen on the gravel.
Callers to our newsroom say someone was seriously injured in a fight around 2 this morning.
They say he suffered a broken neck.
We expect more detail from Belleville police later.
Man injured in rollover
Quinte West firefighters had to use the jaws of life late last night to pull a driver from his vehicle.
There was a single vehicle rollover on old highway 2, at Frost Road, just before midnight.
The unidentified driver was taken to Belleville General for treatment.
Meanwhile, 9 unlocked vehicles were the targets of thieves last in Murray Ward.
Police say, among other things, a laptop, cell phone, and global positioning system, were stolen.
Police Commission hands down penalty this week
Stirling’s Police Chief finds out the penalty in store for him when he appears before the Ontario Civilian Police Commission on Thursday of this week.
A spokesperson for the Commission has told our newsroom that when Chief Brian Foley appeared before the Commission on June 7 he “admitted to the allegation ” that he gave pepper spray to a “female member of the public.”
In Canada only law enforcement officers are allowed to legally carry or possess pepper spray.
A civilian could face up to 500-thousand dollars in fines or three years in jail for “causing serious bodily harm” to anyone by means of pepper spray.
On Thursday the Commission will hand down its penalty to Foley.
The hearing in Toronto is open to the public.
