Weapons charge

Peterborough County Warden Joe Taylor, right, tours the Leo James Foley Park and garden that will be rejuvenated with funding from Larry Nickel from Heartland, who presented the iHeart Community Fund ($5,000) grant to Otonabee-South Monaghan Township, along with Carlos Rodrigues of Heartland Farm Mutual, second from right, president Todd Sargent, Barb Crossley of ISL Insurance Brokers and council member Bonnie Clark on Wednesday in Keene. The township was selected as one of the Canadian Garden Council Canada 150 Gardens. Clark cut the ribbon to kick off celebrations. There will also be a path added to the Cenotaph. See more photographs from the ceremony in the online gallery at www. thepeterboroughexaminer. com. A suspect was nabbed by a neighbour as he tried to flee police Tuesday night. City police were called to a Rutherford Ave. home Tuesday night to deal with a report of a disturbance involving several people. The arriving officers saw people leaving the home and getting into a vehicle; one person appeared to be carrying a baseball bat, police say. The driver spotted police, then got out and fled on foot through the backyard of a Wolfe St. home where he was caught and held by a neighbour. Police say he had a baseball bat and replica pellet gun in his possession. Ryan Robert Sutton, 30, of Cadillac Blvd., Omemee, was charged possession of weapon for dangerous purpose (baseball bat), trespassing at night and failing to comply with a probation order. He was taken to hospital by paramedics for treatment of injuries he allegedly received during the initial incident in the house, then taken into custody and was to appear in court Wednesday. Meanwhile, police also found a woman wanted on a warrant at the Rutherford Ave. home. A warrant was issued May 25 for Alyssa Garnett, 28, of Parkhill Rd., for fraud under $5,000. Police were called after a person alleged that she lent another person a debit card, and later discovered fraudulent deposits and withdrawals. Garnett was released and will appear in court July 6.