A pair of Londoners are facing charges following a crash involving a stolen vehicle over the weekend.
According to police, A 2014 black Porsche SUV was stolen around 8:30 p.m. Saturday after it was left running with the keys still inside outside of a home on Glenroy Road. Video surveillance captured a male suspect entering the SUV and driving off with a grey Chevrolet Cruze following behind it.
A few hours later, officers observed a grey Chevy Cruze with stolen license plates speeding in the area of Wellington Road South and Wilkins Street. The vehicle was not pursued, but the description was provided to other officers in the area.
While police were searching for the stolen vehicle, they were notified of a collision at Wharncliffe Road South and Commissioners Road East. A male and a female reportedly fled from the crash on foot. Officers attended the scene and arrested the pair of suspects a short distance away without incident.
An investigation determined that both the vehicle and the license plates belonging to different people were previously reported stolen to London police. Police also identified the couple as the suspects involved in the theft on Glenroy Road.
No one was injured during the incident.
During a search, officers found a Porsche ignition key, 1.5 grams of suspected crystal methamphetamine, and one gram of suspected fentanyl.
Shayla Nicole Hanna, 24, and Wayne Clayton John McAndrews, 34, are jointly charged with two counts of possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000, two counts of possession of a schedule I substance, theft of a motor vehicle, failure to comply with a release order, and operating a vehicle while prohibited.
Hanna faces additional charges of dangerous operation of a vehicle, and failing to stop at the scene of an accident.
Both of the accused appeared in court on Monday in relation to the charges, which have yet to be proven.
