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Woman allegedly set fire to police cruiser, kicked out windows after arrest

RCMP

RCMP

Published on July 23, 2012
Published on July 23, 2012
Topics :
West Bay Centre , RCMP , Stephenville , Port Au Port Peninsula

A 52-year-old woman from Lourdes on the province’s west coast is facing a string of charges — including damaging police vehicles, threatening officers — as a result of incidents Saturday evening.

About 5:50 p.m. Saturday, Bay St. George RCMP received several complaints of a vehicle being driven erratically in the area of West Bay Centre on the Port Au Port Peninsula. The vehicle had struck a parked car, and fled the scene.

A woman matching the description of the vehicle’s driver was later apprehended by police officers. The woman then is alleged to have kicked out the rear side window of the police car, spit in an officer's face, and threatened the officer.

The woman was then placed in a different police vehicle and, while being driven back to the Stephenville RCMP detachment, she is alleged to have kicked out the rear side window of that vehicle, and set fire to the back seat of the police cruiser. She also threatened to kill the officer.

 She was transferred to a new police vehicle and brought to the Stephenville RCMP Detachment.

 Once there, she was lodged into cells and assaulted another police officer.

The woman was held until sober, then released to appear on court in Stephenville Oct. 1.

She is facing three charges of assaulting a police officer, two charges of uttering threats, two charges of mischief, one charge of arson, and one charge of failure to stop or remain at the scene of an accident.

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    Paddy
    - July 24, 2012 at 12:48:45

    @ Old Perlican Gal Uh, you have incorrectly used the term "racist". People from Lourdes are not a race, so your point makes no sense.

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      Brenda
      - July 24, 2012 at 13:22:27

      Never heard of Qalipu Paddy? Either way, you are a nim rod. That's like saying everyone in St. John's are break n' enter Crack heads. Give YOUR head a shake.

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      Mr Corner Brook
      - July 24, 2012 at 13:59:15

      Just because you live in Lourdes does not mean you are Qualipu so, yes, she did use the term incorrectly!!!

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    Don II
    - July 24, 2012 at 09:04:48

    The description of this incident causes me concern about the training and experience of the RCMP officers involved. How did the woman set fire to the back seat of the police car? The fact that the woman was able to kick out the windows in two cruisers and set fire to the back seat of the police car shows that she was not properly restrained and was not properly searched if at all. If the woman had a concealed knife or gun instead of a lighter or matches on her person the incident could have been even more serious. It seems that the RCMP is now operating with rookie constables who don't seem to know how to transport a violent and uncooperative suspect/prisoner properly! The RCMP supervisor should remind his/her people that for future reference that EVERY prisoner gets well searched, spitters are immediately fitted with an anti-bite restraint and kickers get their legs shackled, the seat/shoulder restraint belt is applied so that the prisoner cannot easily move to kick the windows out or if that does not do the job there is another device called a TASER! In this case it appears that it would require more than two Mounties to restrain this combative woman so perhaps there is a shortage of RCMP personnel on the West Coast of Newfoundland that needs to be addressed.

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    Original Townie
    - July 24, 2012 at 06:52:29

    And this is probably someones mother.....glad she ain't mine. What an example for her son or daughter. Another example why the circle is never broken and the kids follow down the same path. Glad the RCMP had enough cruisers to get her to jail. BTW....who pays for the damage caused to the vehicles? Taxpayers? That seems fair. That should deter other "window kicker outers"

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    Kevin Power
    - July 23, 2012 at 22:44:00

    I can hardly wait to meet that woman and bring her home to Mom.

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    Whaddaya At ?
    - July 23, 2012 at 19:57:52

    She just left the Debby's dart league, by, what's wrong wit you ?. Wonder the cop didn't get a dart in the head.

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    Paddy
    - July 23, 2012 at 19:08:38

    They're a hard crowd out that way!

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      Old Perlican Gal
      - July 24, 2012 at 08:18:00

      PADDY!! Stop painting people with the same brush, you racist!

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      Allan Campbell
      - July 24, 2012 at 11:54:04

      Paddy....your ignorance is matched only by your audacity to display it

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    DARRELL
    - July 23, 2012 at 16:47:18

    THAT LADY HAD A GOOD WEEKEND

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