News Release
SIU Investigators in London for Vehicle Crash following Pharmacy Robbery
Case Number: 17-OVI-111
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No Criminal Charges Warranted in Relation to Arrest of Man who had Robbed Pharmacy in London
- Close to midnight on May 13, 2017, London Police Service received a call about a robbery at a pharmacy.
- A short time later, a police officer located a vehicle thought to be connected to the robbery.
- Not long after that, a vehicle flipped and crashed on the front lawn of a residence on Hyde Park Road, north of Fanshawe Park Road.
- One occupant of the vehicle was taken to hospital with undetermined injuries.
- A second occupant was located a short distance away. He was taken to hospital with a serious upper body injury.
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The SIU is an independent government agency that investigates the conduct of officials (police officers as well as special constables with the Niagara Parks Commission and peace officers with the Legislative Protective Service) that may have resulted in death, serious injury, sexual assault and/or the discharge of a firearm at a person. All investigations are conducted by SIU investigators who are civilians. Under the Special Investigations Unit Act, the Director of the SIU must
- consider whether the official has committed a criminal offence in connection with the incident under investigation
- depending on the evidence, cause a criminal charge to be laid against the official where grounds exist for doing so, or close the file without any charges being laid
- publicly report the results of its investigations