(LANARK COUNTY) - The Lanark County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged a Smiths Falls resident with numerous offences after responding to multiple calls for service involving a vehicle in surrounding municipalities.

On Thursday, September 25, 2025, just after 11:00 pm, the OPP was called by Kingston Police to assist in locating a vehicle that had been involved in several collisions in their area. The vehicle was observed in Smiths Falls before it fled. 

Just after 4:30 am, the OPP received a call from a resident in the Town of Perth reporting that an individual had stolen his vehicle before crashing it into a pole. The owner was assaulted during the theft. The male then fled in the same vehicle police had been looking for earlier.

A short time later, the OPP was called to a residence just east of Perth for a suspicious male on the property who arrived in the wanted vehicle. Police attended, located and arrested the male.

Brandon Watts-Goveia, 23-years-old, has been charged with:

• Possession of property obtained by crime over $5000
• Robbery with violence
• Possession of prohibited device for a dangerous purpose
• Trespassing at night
• Flight from a peace officer
• Mischief under $5000
• Failure to comply with a release order - three counts
• Identity theft - obtain or possess another person’s identifying information
• Possession of a stolen credit card

The accused was held in custody for a bail hearing and was remanded to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Perth on Wednesday, October 1, 2025