Hitcher Arrested
May 14, 2008
KINGSTON POLICE HAVE MADE AN ARREST IN THE CASE OF A HITCHHIKER RIDE TURNED VIOLENT. A MOTORIST WAS LEFT WITH SERIOUS INJURIES -- STABBED IN THE FACE AND NECK -- AFTER HE GAVE A RIDE TO A STRANGER TWO WEEKS AGO. THE PASSENGER WAS PICKED UP ALONG PORTSMOUTH AVENUE. THE UNPROVOKED ATTACK HAPPENED WHILE THE HITCHHIKER WAS BEING DROPPED OFF ON BATH ROAD, NEAR FRONTENAC SECONDARY SCHOOL. THE ATTACKER FLED ACROSS THE RAILWAY TRACKS. THIS AFTERNOON, WITH HELP FROM PUBLIC TIPS, POLICE IN QUEBEC ARRESTED 22-YEAR-OLD SEAN KELLY OF KINGSTON. KELLY WILL BE TRANSFERRED BACK TO KINGSTON TOMORROW FOR A BAIL HEARING. - DETECTIVE GUY FORBES, KINGSTON POLICE: "HE'S CHARGED WITH ASSAULT WITH A WEAPON, POSSESSION OF A WEAPON THAT'S DANGEROUS TO THE PUBLIC AND TWO BREACHES OF COURT ORDERS. WE WOULD STILL WARN THE PUBLIC THAT THE ACT OF PICKING UP HITCHHIKERS ISN'T A SAFE PRACTICE.") THE VICTIM IS STILL RECOVERING FROM THE STAB WOUNDS.
