Two OPP officers charged after SIU investigation
Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2015 4:13 am
Two OPP officers charged after SIU investigation into Brantford car accident
OPP officers Cons. Craig McMurtrie and Const. Rodney Donald Grubb have been charged in relation with the death of 18-year-old Ashley Lerno.
Two Ontario Provincial Police officers have been charged with criminal negligence and dangerous driving causing death in relation to the death of 18-year-old Ashley Lerno in October, the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) said in a statement Tuesday.
OPP Const. Craig McMurtrie and OPP Const. Rodney Donald Grubb are both facing charges of criminal negligence causing death, dangerous driving causing death, and one count of conduct likely to constitute mischief causing actual danger to life.
On Oct. 10, 2014, the officers were conducting a RIDE program at Maple Ave. and Eighth Concession Rd. in Burford when a pickup truck failed to stop. The officers proceeded to try and chase the pickup down and get it to pull over.
According to a news release issued by the SIU, the pickup entered the City of Brantford and was involved in a collision with a vehicle driven by Lerno. She was taken to Hamilton General Hospital, but succumbed to her injuries five days later.
“The Director of the (SIU), Tony Loparco, has reasonable grounds to believe that two officers with the (OPP) Brant County detachment committed criminal offences in relation to the death of 18-year-old Ashley Lerno in October of 2014,” the release reads.
The officers are requited to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice on March 23.
These charges follow a separate SIU investigation into the shooting of 18-year-old Evan Jones on Aug. 25, 2010, also in Brantford. The investigation was reopened after the SIU ruled that Const. Adam Hill of the Brantford police was not criminally liable because he believed a fellow officer was in imminent danger. According to initial reports, Jones had thrown a knife at the officers and threatened them with a meat cleaver.
“Materially new information” caused the SIU to reopen the five-year-old case involving the Brantford Police Service.
The SIU is a watchdog agency that investigates reports involving police where there has been death, serious injury, or allegations of sexual assault.
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015 ... ident.html
OPP officers Cons. Craig McMurtrie and Const. Rodney Donald Grubb have been charged in relation with the death of 18-year-old Ashley Lerno.
Two Ontario Provincial Police officers have been charged with criminal negligence and dangerous driving causing death in relation to the death of 18-year-old Ashley Lerno in October, the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) said in a statement Tuesday.
OPP Const. Craig McMurtrie and OPP Const. Rodney Donald Grubb are both facing charges of criminal negligence causing death, dangerous driving causing death, and one count of conduct likely to constitute mischief causing actual danger to life.
On Oct. 10, 2014, the officers were conducting a RIDE program at Maple Ave. and Eighth Concession Rd. in Burford when a pickup truck failed to stop. The officers proceeded to try and chase the pickup down and get it to pull over.
According to a news release issued by the SIU, the pickup entered the City of Brantford and was involved in a collision with a vehicle driven by Lerno. She was taken to Hamilton General Hospital, but succumbed to her injuries five days later.
“The Director of the (SIU), Tony Loparco, has reasonable grounds to believe that two officers with the (OPP) Brant County detachment committed criminal offences in relation to the death of 18-year-old Ashley Lerno in October of 2014,” the release reads.
The officers are requited to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice on March 23.
These charges follow a separate SIU investigation into the shooting of 18-year-old Evan Jones on Aug. 25, 2010, also in Brantford. The investigation was reopened after the SIU ruled that Const. Adam Hill of the Brantford police was not criminally liable because he believed a fellow officer was in imminent danger. According to initial reports, Jones had thrown a knife at the officers and threatened them with a meat cleaver.
“Materially new information” caused the SIU to reopen the five-year-old case involving the Brantford Police Service.
The SIU is a watchdog agency that investigates reports involving police where there has been death, serious injury, or allegations of sexual assault.
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015 ... ident.html