A 26-year-old Northumberland County man is facing an attempted murder charge following an assault on an OPP officer early Sunday morning (March 21).
Shortly before 1 a.m. on Sunday, an officer with the OPP’s Quinte West Detachment conducted a traffic stop of a pickup truck on Highway 14, just west of Highway 62 in Quinte West in Hastings County.
The pickup truck struck the officer’s cruiser and the officer suffered stab wounds in a subsequent assault. The officer is recovering in hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
The driver of the pickup truck left the scene on foot. At 4:30 a.m. on Sunday, the OPP issued an alert to warn residents of the Foxboro area north of Belleville of a potentially dangerous situation and to shelter in place while police searched for the suspect.
After an extensive search by the OPP’s Tactics and Rescue Unit, Emergency Response Team, Canine Unit, and Aviation Services, with the assistance of the Durham Regional Police Air Support Unit and the Belleville Police Service, the suspect was arrested without incident at around 9 a.m. on Sunday.
Charles Parkinson, 26, of Northumberland County has been charged with attempted murder and disarming a peace officer.
Parkinson is being held in custody and is scheduled to appear in court by video on Thursday, March 25th.
Anyone with information regarding this incident or the person responsible is asked to contact the Quinte West OPP at 1-888-310-1122.
