Police cruiser hit during chase of break-in suspects

Grenville County OPP block a section of road in Elizabethtown-Kitley Township on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023 after catching a trio of break-in suspects from Cornwall and Akwesasne. (OPP/Ann Collins via Newswatch Group)

AUGUSTA TOWNSHIP – Grenville County OPP say one of their police officers had their cruiser hit while chasing a trio of break-in suspects from Cornwall and Akwesasne.

Police received a call about a break-in to a home on County Road 15 on Wednesday morning (Dec. 13) after the trio had allegedly stolen the homeowner’s vehicle.

There was a “brief pursuit where one officer’s cruiser was struck.”

OPP finally found the vehicle on County Road 6 in Elizabethtown-Kitley Township after the getaway car conked out – the suspects had put stolen diesel into the gas tank.

Two 40-year-old men from Cornwall and Akwesasne and a 58-year-old woman from Cornwall are facing a number of charges.