(Rob) (Police Constable York Regional Police Department) Suddenly on Thursday August 2nd, 2007. Constable Rob Plunkett (in his 44th year). Beloved husband of Sonja Plunkett (nee Lapaine).
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Constable Robert Plunkett was injured when he was run down by a vehicle during an airbag theft investigation in Markham.
Constable Plunkett was struck by a car and dragged while performing undercover surveillance during the investigation on Ascot Crescent, near the Pacific Mall in the Steeles Avenue and Kennedy Road area. He was taken to hopsital, where he died from his injuries.
∼MARKHAM, Ont. — A pre-dawn police probe into air bag thefts turned tragic Thursday when a veteran York Region officer died after being dragged by a car, pinned to a tree, and then thrown from the vehicle while attempting an arrest, police said.
Const. Rob Plunkett, hailed as a "true hero" by his police chief, was the force's first officer to die in the line of duty since 1984 and only the third in the department's history.
A 19-year-old man faces a manslaughter charge in the death of the 43-year-old Markham, Ont., married father of three, and police said additional charges are pending.
The tragic confluence of events that sent Plunkett to hospital with fatal injuries were outlined Thursday by York police Chief Armand La Barge.
During a joint investigation between 5 District criminal investigation bureau and the York police special services unit into airbag thefts, police surveillance officers spotted two Hondas — one white and one gold — leaving a Toronto address.
The two Hondas were driven to a crescent in Markham, just north of Toronto, where plainclothes officers saw the drivers park their cars. The driver of the gold Honda opened his door and police allege he took out a stolen airbag.
Just after 5 a.m., Plunkett moved towards the open driver's side door of the gold Honda intending to make an arrest, said La Barge.
"As Const. Plunkett attempted to arrest the suspect, the suspect put the vehicle into reverse, and accelerated over a curb, across a lawn and over several shrubs," he said.
Plunkett was then pinned between the open door and a tree as the suspect kept trying to drive away, La Barge said. The officer was then dragged onto a nearby lawn and thrown from the car.
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Constable Robert Plunkett was injured when he was run down by a vehicle during an airbag theft investigation in Markham.
Constable Plunkett was struck by a car and dragged while performing undercover surveillance during the investigation on Ascot Crescent, near the Pacific Mall in the Steeles Avenue and Kennedy Road area. He was taken to hopsital, where he died from his injuries.
∼MARKHAM, Ont. — A pre-dawn police probe into air bag thefts turned tragic Thursday when a veteran York Region officer died after being dragged by a car, pinned to a tree, and then thrown from the vehicle while attempting an arrest, police said.
Const. Rob Plunkett, hailed as a "true hero" by his police chief, was the force's first officer to die in the line of duty since 1984 and only the third in the department's history.
A 19-year-old man faces a manslaughter charge in the death of the 43-year-old Markham, Ont., married father of three, and police said additional charges are pending.
The tragic confluence of events that sent Plunkett to hospital with fatal injuries were outlined Thursday by York police Chief Armand La Barge.
During a joint investigation between 5 District criminal investigation bureau and the York police special services unit into airbag thefts, police surveillance officers spotted two Hondas — one white and one gold — leaving a Toronto address.
The two Hondas were driven to a crescent in Markham, just north of Toronto, where plainclothes officers saw the drivers park their cars. The driver of the gold Honda opened his door and police allege he took out a stolen airbag.
Just after 5 a.m., Plunkett moved towards the open driver's side door of the gold Honda intending to make an arrest, said La Barge.
"As Const. Plunkett attempted to arrest the suspect, the suspect put the vehicle into reverse, and accelerated over a curb, across a lawn and over several shrubs," he said.
Plunkett was then pinned between the open door and a tree as the suspect kept trying to drive away, La Barge said. The officer was then dragged onto a nearby lawn and thrown from the car.
(Rob) (Police Constable York Regional Police Department) Suddenly on Thursday August 2nd, 2007. Constable Rob Plunkett (in his 44th year). Beloved husband of Sonja Plunkett (nee Lapaine).
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Constable Robert Plunkett was injured when he was run down by a vehicle during an airbag theft investigation in Markham.
Constable Plunkett was struck by a car and dragged while performing undercover surveillance during the investigation on Ascot Crescent, near the Pacific Mall in the Steeles Avenue and Kennedy Road area. He was taken to hopsital, where he died from his injuries.
∼MARKHAM, Ont. — A pre-dawn police probe into air bag thefts turned tragic Thursday when a veteran York Region officer died after being dragged by a car, pinned to a tree, and then thrown from the vehicle while attempting an arrest, police said.
Const. Rob Plunkett, hailed as a "true hero" by his police chief, was the force's first officer to die in the line of duty since 1984 and only the third in the department's history.
A 19-year-old man faces a manslaughter charge in the death of the 43-year-old Markham, Ont., married father of three, and police said additional charges are pending.
The tragic confluence of events that sent Plunkett to hospital with fatal injuries were outlined Thursday by York police Chief Armand La Barge.
During a joint investigation between 5 District criminal investigation bureau and the York police special services unit into airbag thefts, police surveillance officers spotted two Hondas — one white and one gold — leaving a Toronto address.
The two Hondas were driven to a crescent in Markham, just north of Toronto, where plainclothes officers saw the drivers park their cars. The driver of the gold Honda opened his door and police allege he took out a stolen airbag.
Just after 5 a.m., Plunkett moved towards the open driver's side door of the gold Honda intending to make an arrest, said La Barge.
"As Const. Plunkett attempted to arrest the suspect, the suspect put the vehicle into reverse, and accelerated over a curb, across a lawn and over several shrubs," he said.
Plunkett was then pinned between the open door and a tree as the suspect kept trying to drive away, La Barge said. The officer was then dragged onto a nearby lawn and thrown from the car.
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Constable Robert Plunkett was injured when he was run down by a vehicle during an airbag theft investigation in Markham.
Constable Plunkett was struck by a car and dragged while performing undercover surveillance during the investigation on Ascot Crescent, near the Pacific Mall in the Steeles Avenue and Kennedy Road area. He was taken to hopsital, where he died from his injuries.
∼MARKHAM, Ont. — A pre-dawn police probe into air bag thefts turned tragic Thursday when a veteran York Region officer died after being dragged by a car, pinned to a tree, and then thrown from the vehicle while attempting an arrest, police said.
Const. Rob Plunkett, hailed as a "true hero" by his police chief, was the force's first officer to die in the line of duty since 1984 and only the third in the department's history.
A 19-year-old man faces a manslaughter charge in the death of the 43-year-old Markham, Ont., married father of three, and police said additional charges are pending.
The tragic confluence of events that sent Plunkett to hospital with fatal injuries were outlined Thursday by York police Chief Armand La Barge.
During a joint investigation between 5 District criminal investigation bureau and the York police special services unit into airbag thefts, police surveillance officers spotted two Hondas — one white and one gold — leaving a Toronto address.
The two Hondas were driven to a crescent in Markham, just north of Toronto, where plainclothes officers saw the drivers park their cars. The driver of the gold Honda opened his door and police allege he took out a stolen airbag.
Just after 5 a.m., Plunkett moved towards the open driver's side door of the gold Honda intending to make an arrest, said La Barge.
"As Const. Plunkett attempted to arrest the suspect, the suspect put the vehicle into reverse, and accelerated over a curb, across a lawn and over several shrubs," he said.
Plunkett was then pinned between the open door and a tree as the suspect kept trying to drive away, La Barge said. The officer was then dragged onto a nearby lawn and thrown from the car.
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