Shoeless man arrested for public intoxication
A 22-year-old Chatham man spent some time sobering up in police custody after he was found standing in the middle of a road without any shoes on.
Chatham-Kent police said they got that call at around 11 p.m. Thursday on Murray Street in Wallaceburg.
Officers said they took the man into custody because he was "unable to care for himself."
He was charged with public intoxication.
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Chatham man banned from liquor store steals two bottles
A 25-year-old Chatham man is facing charges after he allegedly stole two bottles of liquor from a business on Wellington Street West in Chatham.
CK police said the man was released from court earlier this summer with several conditions, including one that required him to stay away from that specific business.
Despite that order, the man allegedly showed up at the business twice on Thursday and stole two bottles of alcohol.
Police were able to track him down and arrested him.
He was charged with two counts of theft and two counts of possession of property obtained by crime along with four counts of failing to comply with his release conditions.
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Attempted trailer theft leads to two arrests
A 51-year-old Grande Pointe man and a 50-year-old Windsor woman are facing charges after they allegedly tried to steal a trailer in Chatham.
Police said that was on Sass Road at around 12:20 a.m. Friday.
Officers said the suspects left the area in a vehicle before police caught up with them near the overpass of the Highway 401 and Scane Road in Ridgetown.
Police said they found the woman in the vehicle and arrested her, but the man allegedly tried to take off running.
He was arrested a short distance away.
Investigators said they also learned that the vehicle the two people had been using was reported stolen from Toronto on May 15, 2023.
A 51-year-old Grande Pointe man was charged with one count each of theft and possession of stolen property along with two counts of failing to comply with a release order.
A 50-year-old Windsor woman was charged with theft, possession of stolen property, and facilitating a breach of release conditions.
Both of the accused were taken into custody pending a bail hearing.
