Police chase four teens from Smiths Falls to Spencerville after crime spree

Provincial police have laid charges against multiple youths aged 12 to 15 after several “dangerous” incidents around Smiths Falls and across the Ottawa area.

It started Jan. 1, when a car that had been reported stolen was involved in multiple dangerous driving reports in and around Smiths Falls. In one of the attempts to stop the vehicle in Kemptville, a press release notes that a police officer “narrowly” avoided being struck by the car as the driver tried to run away.

The stolen vehicle ended up going off the road in the Spencerville area, where officers arrested four individuals without further incident. During the arrest, police seized a quantity of suspected cocaine, other drugs, alcohol and weapons from the vehicle.

Police noted that the response had officials from across the east region working together to try and stop the vehicle, including Grenville County, Ottawa, Leeds County and Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry Detachments of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and Smiths Falls Police Service (SFPS), as well as the OPP Emergency Response Team and OPP TIME team.

As a result a 15-year-old female from Tay Valley Township has been charged with:

• Possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose
• Flight from a peace officer
• Dangerous operation of a vehicle
• Possession of a Schedule 1 substance
• Possession of a Schedule 3 substance
• Failure to comply with an undertaking

A 15-year-old male from Smiths Falls is facing numerous charges after failure to comply with an undertaking:

• Dangerous operation of a vehicle
• Flight from a peace officer
• Possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000
• Possession of a Schedule 1 substance
• Possession of a Schedule 3 substance
• Possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime over $5,000

A 15-year-old female and a 12-year-old female both from Smiths Falls were charged with:

• Possession of a Schedule 1 substance
• Possession of a Schedule 3 substance
• Possession of proceeds of property obtained by crime over $5,000