On Friday, April 5th, 2024, members of the Hanover Police attended a business in the 1000 block of 10th Street regarding a theft. On arrival police spoke with the 18-year-old female suspect. The female was arrested, and several items of stolen property was located on her person. Hanover Police have charged the female under the Criminal Code with Theft. She was released with an upcoming court date in Walkerton.
On Tuesday, April 2nd, 2024, Hanover Police received a residential break and enter report from the 200 block of 11th Avenue. Using video surveillance police identified a 46-year-old male and 24-year-old female as the culprits. Both were later arrested and charged under the Criminal Code with Break and Enter. Both were released with upcoming court dates in Walkerton.
On Sunday, April 7th, 2024, members of the Hanover Police received a report of threatening. Through investigation, police formed grounds to believe that an 18-year-old female of no fixed address had threatened to harm several people. On April 8th, 2024, the female was located and arrested by Hanover Police. She has been charged under the Criminal Code with several counts of Uttering Threats. She was later released with an upcoming court date in Walkerton.
On April 16th, 2024, at approximately 11:30 p.m. the Hanover Police Service responded to a report of a suspected impaired driver on 10th Street in the Town of Hanover. Officers on patrol located the vehicle in a drive thru of a restaurant and initiated a traffic stop.
The driver, a 24-year-old Hanover man refused to provide a sample of his breath for analysis, resisted arrest and struck an officer in the face while attempting to flee the scene on foot. The suspect was apprehended after a brief foot chase.
Officers seized a small quantity of methamphetamine along with open alcohol from the vehicle. Further investigation determined the suspect was prohibited from driving under the Criminal Code for a previous impaired driving conviction in 2022 and suspended from driving under the Highway Traffic Act.
The suspect was lodged in police cells and later released when he sobered, facing the following charges.
On April 6th, 2024, at 8:37 a.m. members from the Hanover Police Service responded to a report of two people sleeping in a vehicle parked at an apartment complex in the 100 block of 11th Avenue in Hanover.
While on scene, officers recognized the suspects as having committed a theft in Hanover from a previous incident on April 5th. When officers attempted to arrest the pair, they violently resisted, and the male suspect jumped into the driver’s seat with the female suspect. Together, the suspects started the vehicle and drove into the side of the apartment building while partially dragging an officer who was in the passenger seat with them trying to effect their arrest.
The violent struggle continued after crashing into the apartment building, with the male suspect escaping custody and fleeing on foot. An officer gave chase and captured the suspect who continued to fight and resist. He was eventually subdued after officers deployed their tasers. The female suspect who also resisted arrest, was taken into custody.
The investigation determined the vehicle was stolen from South Bruce O.P.P. Detachment area and both suspects were determined to be wanted in several policing jurisdictions.
The Hanover Police Service has jointly charged, a 39-year-old male of no fixed address and a 23-year-old female of no fixed address with the following criminal and drug offences:
The male suspect faces additional charges of Failure to Comply with Release Order x 3 and Failure to Comply with an Undertaking. The female suspect faces additional charges of Operation of a Conveyance while Prohibited and Failure to Comply with Release Order x 2.
Police determined the male suspect is currently wanted on 27 criminal and drug charges in 4 policing jurisdictions in Ontario and the female suspect is currently wanted on 10 criminal charges in 2 policing jurisdictions in Ontario.
One Hanover officer received minor injuries while both suspects also sustained minor injuries that required treatment at the Hanover and District Hospital.
The exterior wall of the apartment building and the stolen vehicle both received minor damages.
The suspects were held and later remanded into custody at their bail hearings.
This incident is an example of the transient nature of people who move from one jurisdiction to the next committing crimes along the way that often results in unpredictable, volatile and dangerous situations for the police officers that encounter them.
On Monday, March 25th, 2024, members of the Hanover Police attended a business in the 1000 block of 10th Street regarding a theft.
On arrival police spoke with the 48-year-old female suspect. The female was arrested, and several items of stolen property were located on her person. The female was also breaching a previous court order at the time of arrest.
Hanover Police have charged the female under the Criminal Code with Theft, Failure to Comply with Probation and Failure to Comply with an Undertaking. She was released with an upcoming court date in Walkerton.
During the early morning hours of Friday, March 22nd, 2024, Hanover Police while investigating a separate matter observed a known 52-year-old Hanover man in the passenger seat of a vehicle.
The man was found to be violating the terms of a previous release order which listed a curfew condition. The man was arrested and charged under the Criminal Code with Failure to Comply. He was released with an upcoming court date in Walkerton.
On Sunday, March 31st, 2024, Hanover Police responded to a disturbance in the 200 block of 7th Avenue.
On arrival police spoke with a 37-year-old female and 39-year-old male. Investigation revealed both were on court ordered conditions not to communicate regarding previous criminal offences.
Hanover Police arrested both charging them under the Criminal Code with breaching those conditions. They were later released with an upcoming court date in Walkerton.
On Monday, April 1st, 2024, members of the Hanover Police responded to a break and enter in progress. On arrival police observed a 36-year-old Hanover man attempting to leave the area The man was taken into custody without incident. Hanover Police have charged the man under the Criminal Code with Break and Enter. He was released from custody with an upcoming court date in Walkerton.