Suspect in violent east-London road rampage facing 28 charges

CBC News

· Posted: Mar 18, 2025 4:01 PM EDT | Last Updated: 9 minutes ago

One fishy is successful custody with 2 others inactive connected the tally aft London constabulary accidental a operator went connected a rampage successful the city's eastbound extremity past week, smashing into aggregate constabulary cruisers and carjacking different motorist.

The fishy successful custody, identified arsenic a 25-year-old antheral from Melbourne, conscionable extracurricular Strathroy-Caradoc, was arrested implicit the play by a antithetic constabulary agency investigating a abstracted matter, London constabulary said. 

He faces 28 charges, including aggregate counts of assaulting a bid serviceman with a weapon, constabulary said.

The chaotic incidental began astir 7:45 p.m. past Thursday along Dundas Street, eastbound of Argyle Mall, erstwhile constabulary accidental a achromatic pickup motortruck drove astatine an officer's cruiser. The serviceman veered retired of the way, and notified different officers.

The motortruck was adjacent seen speeding westbound on Admiral Drive, prompting respective Londoners to telephone 9-1-1 astir an erratic driver, constabulary said.

It's alleged the operator intentionally drove into 2 antithetic constabulary cruisers, causing important damage. After fleeing with a damaged tire, constabulary allege the motortruck aboriginal struck 3 different vehicles.

After stopping the motortruck adjacent Marconi Boulevard and Trafalgar Street, constabulary allege the operator and an chartless fig of passengers then carjacked a pistillate and drove disconnected successful her vehicle, which aboriginal turned up successful southeast London. The pistillate was not physically injured, constabulary said. 

On Tuesday, constabulary announced that the alleged operator successful the pursuit was successful custody in a antithetic jurisdiction, and was charged by mode of warrant successful the London incident.

Among the charges are six counts of dangerously operating a centrifugal vehicle, 5 counts of assaulting a bid officer, and 1 number each of theft of a centrifugal conveyance with unit and arson causing harm to property.

Two suspects stay outstanding successful the incident, and constabulary accidental they are seeking dash-cam oregon surveillance camera video from the public.