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Posted on Saturday, March 13th, 2010
Dean Brown will make his first court appearance today - via video - in the accused murders of a mother and daughter in Mountain View. The 18-year-old is in custody for the attempted murder of his ex girlfriend and the murders of her mother and sister. 46-year old Tracy Hannah and her 14-year-old daughter Whitney are dead while 18-year-old Shannon is at Kingston General in stable condition.
Police arrested Brown at an auto repair shop across from the Kelsey’s Restaurant in Trenton after a massive manhunt yesterday morning.
According to the Intelligencer a close friend of Brown’s said they went to Matt and Joe’s Thursday night in Belleville. The pair got split up around 1 am and he has not seen Brown since. He says Brown has a temper and is known to fight while drunk, but is calm and friendly while sober. He also says Shannon was a long time girlfriend of Browns and that they were on good terms.
According to neighbours the father is believed to have found the family when he got home from a night shift Friday morning. The murders came to light just after 6am after a 9-1-1 call from the Hannah residence at 305 Valley Road.
Posted on Saturday, March 13th, 2010
Prince Edward County’s Committee of the Whole has approved a business arrangement between it’s Rose House Museum, and local business, Fifth Town Artisan Cheese. Under the deal, Fifth Town Artisan Cheese will name a new brand of cheese after the Rose House Museum. And, a drawing of the pioneer home will be featured on the label. Also, a percentage of the cheese sales will go back to the Rose House. During peak season, about 4 thousand people visit Fifth Town a week, and they all have to drive by the Rose House Museum.
Posted on Saturday, March 13th, 2010
This is a good news, bad news, kind of story. The bad news for Prince Edward County’s budget is that revenues coming from speeding tickets and other provincial infractions is down considerably. But the good news is that drivers might just be taking speed limits, and drinking and driving, more seriously. Members of Prince Edward County Council’s Committee of the Whole asked the chair of the Police Board, Robert Quaiff, why fine revenue was down 40 thousand dollars from last year, to 346 thousand dollars. Quaiff said constant media warnings, and traffic campaigns by police, must be improving driver’s behaviour.
Posted on Saturday, March 13th, 2010
Seniors are being encouraged to look inside their medicine cabinets while doing their spring cleaning this month. Any out-of-date or unused medications can be taken to a pharmacy for safe and free disposal.
Posted on Saturday, March 13th, 2010
A Marmora man has been fined for an ice-fishing violation. The Minstry of Natural Resources says an officer on snowmobile patrol apporoached the hut of Robert Somerville and saw him leaning over his ice fishing hole; trying to push a line down it. The officer determined Somerville had set 5 lines- 3 more than the provincial limit. Somerville was fined $1000 after the case was heard on March 9th.
Posted on Saturday, March 13th, 2010
Thankfully not in their product. Black River Cheese in Milford has received provincial funding to make environmental upgrades at their facility. The upgrades will exceed current standards and help to protect the province’s drinking water. The Cheese manufacturer will install a fully working waste water treatment system. The provincial government has allocated 264 thousand dollars for this rural economic initiative.
Posted on Friday, March 12th, 2010
It’s been another deadly day in the Quinte region……a mother and daughter have been murdered and another female victim is clinging to life at Kingston General Hospital after a shooting in Ameliasburgh this morning. The murders came to light just after 6am after a 9-1-1 call from the Hannah residence at 305 Valley Road….just west of the Ameliasburgh dump.
Jen Snider, who lives down the road from the Hannah family, calls the situation shocking.
A source say it’s a gruesome scene at the house….the OPP’s Mobile Support Unit is currently parked outside.
Police arrested a suspect at an auto repair shop across from the Kelsey’s Restaurant in Trenton after a massive manhunt this morning. 18-year old Dean Brown is in custody. Sergeant Rae hasn’t confirmed his arrest or what charges will be laid in connection with this case.
The victims were identified as 46-year old Tracy Hannah and her 14-year-old daughter Whitney. The 18-year old has been upgraded to stable condition in hospital.
Posted on Friday, March 12th, 2010
The suspect in a double-murder in Mountain View is in police custody.
Our newsroom has learned 18-year old Dean Brown was picked up by Quinte West O-P-P this morning.
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The arrest comes after three women were found shot in a home on Valley Road early today.
Police say two of the women are dead…and, one has been airlifted to Kingston General Hospital with critical injuries.
No other information on the suspect or the case has been released.
Posted on Friday, March 12th, 2010
Another sign the real estate market in the Quinte area is on a healthy rebound.
Sales recorded by the Quinte and District Real Estate Board last month totalled 34-million dollars, compared to 24-million in February, 2009..
Board President Jeff Nelles says sales are active in spring time because the lower interest rates makes homes more affordable. There were 2,221 listings as of February 28th, and 180 of them sold.
Posted on Friday, March 12th, 2010
A Belleville man hightailing it out West to avoid charges in his hometown has been sentenced in Sault Sainte Marie.
Twenty-five-year-old John Kort pleaded guilty in court to driving while disqualified, obstructing police, possession of marijuana and breach of probation. He has been in custody since being stopped on February seventh near White River. He was sentenced to another 36 days in jail, and is prohibited from driving for three years.
The O-P-P pulled over Kort’s vehicle speeding on Highway 17, and Kort gave a false name and admitted he had seven grams of marijuana in his jacket.
Posted on Friday, March 12th, 2010
A small bump upward in the unemployment rate in Hastings-Prince Edward and other eastern ontario counties.
Statistics Canada says the figure last month was 9 per cent, compared to 8.9 in January.
There were 19,300 people looking for jobs in Hastings, Prince Edward, Lennox and Addington, Frontenac and Renfrew Counties in February, the same as the month before.
The unemployment rate in that area in February, 2009 was 6.8 per cent.
Posted on Friday, March 12th, 2010
Fire has heavily damaged an industrial building in Brighton.
Fire Chief Lloyd Hutchinson says firefighters fought the blaze in an electrical building-maintenance shop at the Saint Mary’s Cement quarry on Bond Road yesterday.
Damage is set at about 95-thousand dollars. No one was hurt, and the cause has been listed as undetermined.
Posted on Friday, March 12th, 2010
Drug paraphernalia has been seized from eight young people in Madoc, with one person facing charges.
Central Hastings O-P-P and Project Longarm Officers conducted patrols yesterday and confiscated the drug-related material near Dingman, Elgin and Livingstone Streets. An 18-year-old Marmora man was charged with possession of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking.
Posted on Friday, March 12th, 2010
The suspect in a double murder in Mountain View has been arrested in Trenton. Jay Miller of Millbro Automotive saw a young man in the back of an O-P-P cruiser near his shop on Dundas Street East shortly after 9-30 this morning. OPP confirm the arrest but the suspects name hasn’t been released but our newsroom has learned the suspect knew the victims. Two female victims were found dead this morning at 305 Valley Road and another female is at Kingston General Hospital with life-threatening injuries. Miller says he is upset about the increase in the local murder rate which is hitting way too close to home.
This morning’s murders are the latest in a series of murders in the Quinte Region over the past few months. Jessica Lloyd, Marie-France Comeau, Steffany Gardiner, Robert Vaillancourt, Lisa-Marie Palmiere, and Mark Patterson have all been murdered in the last year.
Posted on Friday, March 12th, 2010
An alleged suspect, in the shooting of three people in the Mountain View area, is believed to have been arrested in Trenton. Jay Miller of Millbro Automotive on Dundas Street East says OPP arrested a young man with dark hair in a brush cut shortly after 9:30 this morning. The O-P-P haven’t yet confirmed the arrest, and are only saying they are investigating a shooting incident at a home on Valley Drive in Mountain View. Police found a suspect vehicle abandoned on the Loyalist Parkway south of Carrying Place at seven o’clock this morning, and that section of highway was closed. Our newsroom has learned three people….all women…..were in the home at the time of the shooting..and, that the suspect was a young man who knew the victims. That hasn’t been confirmed by police.
Posted on Friday, March 12th, 2010
Three people are believed to have been shot and killed in an early morning incident in Prince Edward County that has sparked a massive manhunt into Trenton and possibly now into Brighton.
OPP Sergeant Kristine Rae will confirm they are investigating a shooting….and, a suspect is at large.
The Hilltop Restaurant on Dundas Street West in Trenton was contained by police and none of the customers inside were allowed to leave after it was believed the suspect was inside….he wasn’t located. Both bridges that cross the Trent River in Downtown Trenton were closed for most of the morning. Trenton Memorial Hospital went into lockdown mode…..and, QHC officials say people are only being allowed to enter through the emergency room doors.
Police found a suspect vehicle abandoned on the Loyalist Parkway south of Carrying Place at 7am and that section of highway was closed….but, has since been re-opened. Our newsroom has learned three people….all women…..were in the home at the time of the shooting on Valley Road…and, that the suspect was a young man who knew the victims. That hasn’t been confirmed by police.
The OPP have set up a command centre at Trenton High School this morning.
Posted on Friday, March 12th, 2010
Three people are believed to have been shot and killed in an early morning incident in Prince Edward County that has sparked a massive manhunt into Trenton. OPP Sergeant Kristine Rae will confirm they are investigating a shooting….and, is unaware of a suspect being arrested. Callers to our newroom indicate a suspect was arrested outside a convenience store on Dundas Street West in Trenton but that is believed to be unfounded as the search continues. Both bridges that cross the Trent River in Downtown Trenton were closed for most of the morning but reports say they’ve since re-opened. Police found a suspect vehicle abandoned on the Loyalist Parkway south of Carrying Place at 7am and that section of highway was closed. Our newsroom has learned three people….all women…..were in the home at the time of the shooting on Valley Road…and, that the suspect was a young man who knew the victims. That hasn’t been confirmed by police. The OPP have set up a command centre at Trenton High School this morning.
Posted on Friday, March 12th, 2010
A major police investigation has spread from Prince Edward County and has resulted in streets in Trenton being shutdown this morning. The Loyalist Parkway in Prince Edward County was blocked by OPP officers just before 7 o’clock this morning following a police pursuit.
Now the focus appears to be on Trenton and streets in the west end near the Hilltop Restaurant and Trenton High School were reportedly closed and a dragnet has been set up in the area….both bridges across the Trent River are blocked and traffic is being sent to the 4-0-1.
Our newsroom has learned that OPP cruisers and paramedics were parked around a home on Valley Road in Prince Eward County this morning and ambulances were seen coming from the area headed toward Belleville on Highway-62.
Posted on Friday, March 12th, 2010
A ‘bounty-ful’ discussion on a program to cull coyotes and wolves by members of Prince Edward County Council’s Committee of the Whole yesterday. It was close….with councillors voting 8-7 in favour of a limited farm specific bounty of 100-dollars per animal. The bounty program is not official yet….council must still approve it at a regular meeting and then its off to the Ministry of Natural Resources for approval.
Posted on Friday, March 12th, 2010
Cutting back budgets can be tough, and members of Prince Edward County Council didn’t have the heart to further slice the budget of its public library system. The library’s budget came in at 7.3 percent higher then last year’s, mainly due to mandated wage increases beyond the library board’s control. Since other Prince Edward County departments were asked to limit their increases to 4 percent, staff recommended a further 24 thousand dollars be cut from the library. Library staff said cutting 24 thousand dollars would mean cutting back service and the hours of operation, and the Committee of the Whole decided to leave the budget with a 7 percent increase.
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