Trio charged after parking lot confrontation turns into armed fight

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Three people are facing assault charges after a confrontation in a parking lot turned into a fight, Woodstock police said on Thursday.

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A call to police reporting an assault on Wednesday around 9:30 p.m. triggered a police response in the area of Devonshire Avenue and Vansittart Avenue in Woodstock

A 20-year-old was said to be “kicking several vehicles” in a parking lot with their 19-year-old friend when a witness confronted two suspects with a wrench.

The confrontation led to a fight, police say, and the 50-year-old witness was taken to hospital with serious injuries that were not considered life-threatening.

As a result of the investigation, a 20-year-old from Woodstock faces several charges, including five counts of mischief, one count of assault, one count of assault to a peace officer and one count of obstructing a peace officer.

A 19-year-old and a 50-year-old, both from Woodstock, are facing a charges of assault with a weapon.

Vehicle stopped, stolen good seized: London police

Two London men are charged after police spotted a stolen vehicle in transporting stolen goods near the city’s western edge.

It was about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday when London police say officers located a vehicle bearing licence plates stolen from another vehicle in the area of Westdel Bourne and Oxford Street West.

The driver and a male passenger were arrested on several outstanding warrants after the vehicle was stopped, police said. The vehicle was reported stolen on Monday, two days prior, and the plates were taken from another vehicle, police said.

Police say they found items inside the vehicle that were reported stolen during a vehicle break-in on Tuesday.

The two men are charged with possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000. One of the men also faces charges of possession of stolen property under $5,000, driving while prohibited, resisting arrest and failing to comply with a release order.