OPP say cruiser struck, officer assaulted during traffic stop in Napanee, Ont.

An Ottawa man is facing 14 charges after he allegedly assaulted an OPP officer during a traffic stop in Napanee, Ont.

OPP say that on Wednesday just before 3 a.m., Lennox and Addington OPP were patrolling Centre Street in Napanee near Richmond Boulevard when an officer saw a vehicle with no licence plates make a U-turn.

When officers tried to stop the vehicle, police say the driver continued to drive in a “dangerous manner.”

The vehicle then lost control and collided with an OPP cruiser. Police allege the driver got out of the vehicle and assaulted a police officer.

The driver was arrested.

Darrell Kenneth Timothy Snyder, a 34-year-old Ottawa man, has been charged under the Criminal Code with:

• dangerous operation of a motor vehicle
• operation while impaired by alcohol and drugs
• failure or refusal to comply with a demand
• uttering threats
• assault police
• resist arrest
• fail to comply with a probation order
• flight from police

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He is also facing the following provincial offences:

• failure to have insurance contrary to the Compulsory Automobile Insurance Act
• possessing unmarked cigarettes contrary to the Tobacco Tax Act
• driving a motor vehicle with no plates contrary to the Highway Traffic Act
• driving while under suspension contrary to the Highway Traffic Act
• driving a vehicle with cannabis readily available contrary to the Cannabis Control Act
• driving a motor vehicle with an open container of liquor contrary to the Liquor Licence Act

Snyder’s licence was suspended for 90 days and the vehicle was impounded for seven days.