A 30-year-old man is in custody awaiting a bail hearing after an arrest in connection with an incident that injured a Port Hope police officer.
The Special Investigations Unit has been called in to investigate the incident which occurred late Sunday afternoon at a Port Hope McDonald’s restaurant.
The female officer fired at what police believed to be a stolen pickup truck which was sitting in the drive-thru line and she was struck by a ricochet.
She was not seriously wounded and was treated in hospital and released.
The driver of the stolen pickup truck drove over a curb, leaving the drive thru-line and sped away.
The truck was stolen July 23 in Cobourg and a suspect allegedly managed to escape police on previous occasions in recent days including in the Cobourg and Madoc areas.
Just after 5:30 a.m. Monday, Northumberland OPP arrested 30-year-old Jordan Denny of Cobourg on charges of dangerous operation of a vehicle (two counts), flight from police, and possession of property obtained by crime over $5000.
