
Forty-seven-year-old Chad Sinnicks of Hawke’s Bay was arrested for impaired operation and is facing other charges including flight from police, assault, uttering threats, mischief and various offences of the Highway Traffic Act.
Forty-seven-year-old Chad Sinnicks of Hawke’s Bay is facing a number of chargers after crashing a vehicle on Route 430 near Port Saunders. Cpl Jolene Garland says at approximately 11:30 p.m. Saturday night , police were called to a disturbance at a commercial property in Reef’s Harbour involving an assault, threats and property damage. Sinnicks, who was identified as the involved suspect, left the area in a vehicle prior to police arrival and was suspected to be driving while impaired. A short time, later, officers located the described vehicle and attempted to conduct a traffic stop but the vehicle fled from police. Police located the vehicle a few minutes later in a ditch on the side of the highway.
Sinnicks was arrested for impaired operation and is facing other charges including flight from police, assault, uttering threats, mischief and various offences of the Highway Traffic Act. The investigation is ongoing with additional charges pending.