LOADED GUN FOUND IN GRAVENHURST AFTER CHASE BEGAN IN BRACEBRIDGE
Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com
GRAVENHURST — A Brampton man will be in bail court Monday after a police pursuit Friday that began on Hwy. 11 in Bracebridge — went through the town and back onto the highway southbound — ended in Gravenhurst with the driver caught with a loaded handgun.
A passenger in the vehicle fled and police are looking for him, but say there are no public safety concerns at this time.
Provincial police say that on Oct. 2, just before midnight, an officer was doing radar checks on Hwy. 11 northbound in Bracebridge when a vehicle was spotted doing in excess of the speed limit.
The officer clocked the vehicle at 143 km/hr and tried to stop it.
But the driver exited onto Cedar Lane and continued into the town of Bracebridge at a high rate of speed, refusing to stop for pursuing police.
After a short pursuit the officer was able to block the vehicle on Shier Street.
But police claim the driver lurched his vehicle at the officer who was able to maneuver out of the situation.
Other officers located the suspect vehicle travelling southbound on Hw. 11.
It eventually pulled off into Gravenhurst and police found and stopped it as it entered a driveway on Fernwood Drive in Gravenhurst.
Officers arrested the driver and during an investigation found a loaded handgun in the vehicle.
Charged is 31-year-old Colin Olafemi, of Brampton, with the following:
- Possession of a Loaded Prohibited Firearm CC 95(a)
- Possession of a Firearm or Ammunition Contrary to Prohibition Order CC 117.01(1) X 4
- Assault a Peace Officer with a Weapon CC 270.01(1)(a)
- Flight From Peace Officer CC 320.17
- Dangerous Operation CC 320.13(1)
- Careless Storage of a Firearm, Weapon, Prohibited Device or Ammunition CC86(1) X 2
- Knowledge of Unauthorized Possession of Firearm CC92(1)
- Occupant of Motor Vehicle knowing there was Firearm CC 94
- Unauthorized Possession of a Prohibited or Restricted Firearm CC 91(1)
- Several Highway Traffic Act Offenses
The accused was held in custody and will appear for a bail hearing in the Ontario Court of Justice in Bracebridge, ON on Monday Oct. 5, 2020.
The passenger has not yet been located and is described as a clean shaven, non-white male.
Anyone with information is asked to call Bracebridge OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477. You can submit your information online at www.crimestopperssdm.com if you have any information on this crime or any other crime. Crime Stoppers does not subscribe to call display and you will remain anonymous. Being anonymous, you will not testify in court and your information may lead to a cash reward of up to $2,000.
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