Male Escapes Police Custody

(NORTHUMBERLAND, ON) – On Sunday February 17, 2019 at approximately 1:00 pm two Special Constables with the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Offender Transport Unit (OTU) were assaulted while removing a male from the cells at the Cobourg OPP Detachment.

On Saturday February 16, 2019 members of the Northumberland Detachment of the OPP arrested and charged Jordan Wendell Chauncey REID (age 26) from Cobourg; Ontario with:

Fail to Comply with Recognizance (four counts)

Possession of a Schedule I Substan ce for the purpose of Trafficking – Heroin

Possession of a Schedule I Substance for the purpose of Trafficking – Opioid (other than heroin)

Assault with Intent to Resist Arrest.

He was held for a wash court hearing on February 17, 2019 where he was remanded into custody. While being removed from the cells at the Cobourg OPP detachment to be transported to the Central East Correctional Centre (CECC), the accused became combative, assaulted two Special Constables with the OPP (OTU), and then fled on foot to a nearby gas station where he attempted to steal two vehicles. Northumberland OPP and Cobourg Police Service officers apprehended the male where he was then taken back into OPP custody.

Jordan REID was re-arrested and charged with the following offences:

Escape Lawful Custody

Assault a Peace Officer (two counts)

Robbery with Intent

He was held in custody for a wash court hearing on February 18, 2019.

Both Special Constables were treated at hospital for minor injuries then released.

A escaped prisoner met his match after a woman slugged him when he tried to get into her vehicle on Sunday, February 17, 2019 in Cobourg.

Shortly after 1 p.m. it’s believed Special Constables with the Ontario Provincial Police were preparing to transport a prisoner from the Northumberland OPP detachment in Cobourg.

Suddenly the prisoner allegedly assaulted both Special Constables and bolted from the detachment and ran across four lanes of Division Street.

Former Cobourg resident Margie Matthews was just filling up gas at the Shell station on Division Street when she noticed a man with no shirt trying to get into a car right beside her vehicle.

The person in Matthews vehicle shouted for her to get inside her car, but it was to late.

“I opened up my car door and he went to grab me and my steering wheel and I ended up, unfortunately slugging him.”

The escaped prisoner then took off again running, but Cobourg Police and Northumberland OPP officers quickly captured him just a few metres away.

“As I was trying to get in my car, my door was open so that’s when I guess he figured he could get in my car.”

Matthews was shaken up from the incident, but said, “I feel badly for slugging him but, he tried to get me first.”

The prisoner was taken back to the Northumberland OPP detachment and is likely facing further charges.