The Morden Police Service recently discovered that a situation they had responded to had more to it than the surface originally suggested.
Inspector Sean Aune says that on May 22nd, police responded to an accident in Morden.
“When they originally dealt with the drivers of the vehicles, obviously, one of the individuals had something to hide,” he says.
False statement
Inspector Aune states that, after some follow-up, officers discovered that the driver was different from what was initially reported. Beyond that, police also found a warrant for the real driver’s arrest from another police service.
According to the Morden Police’s media release, it was also learned that the individual was accompanied in the vehicle by a female with whom he is on conditions to have no contact.
After Morden Police’s discovery, the 50-year-old was arrested on the warrant and for Failing to Comply with his Undertaking.
The individual was released on an Appearance Notice to attend Morden Provincial Court in August.
Different types of warrants
Inspector Aune notes that since another police service issued the warrant, it is connected to a separate incident.
He says that there are a few different types of warrants.
“The most common we have is the ones called an endorsed warrant and the other one is called an unendorsed warrant and essentially one means that they have to be brought before a justice and the justice will release them, and the more common type of a warrant is if a police officer comes across and they arrest them, then they release them on paperwork to attend the court to go before judge,” he says.
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A collection of charges
As for the individual with the warrant, he was also issued a ticket for Proceed Before it is Safe to do so (a fine of $174) and a ticket for making a false statement (a fine of $672).
“Further to that, [police] identified other people at the scene at the original accident, so [there are also] subsequent charges to the individuals for making the false statements about who was actually driving the vehicle at the time,” says Inspector Aune.
The inspector reminds the public to be truthful with police officers.
“If you are involved in an accident, you have to identify yourself as a driver, and if you say otherwise, both parties will be charged,” he says. “Obviously, in this situation, the passenger went along [with it] that they weren’t the driver, so both individuals in that vehicle have been charged.”
Inspector Aune says that police followed up on the charges because they found a witness in the area.
With files from Robyn Wiebe