Nearly 400 charges laid during St. Patrick’s Day weekend gatherings in Kingston, Ont. – Kingston | 24CA News

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Published 22.03.2023
Nearly 400 charges laid during St. Patrick’s Day weekend gatherings in Kingston, Ont. – Kingston | 24CA News

Kingston police have launched the checklist of fees for the St. Patrick’s Day weekend enforcement within the University District.

St. Patrick’s day itself, which was final Friday, was a lot tamer than final yr primarily because of the rain and a deliberate second day of revelry.

Saturday noticed a a lot greater crowd of about 4,000 shut down Aberdeen Street.

Total fees for the weekend embrace 367 Liquor Licence Act fees for issues like open alcohol in public, eight for public intoxication, 5 Highway Traffic Act fees and one Criminal Code arrest.

Of the eight folks charged with public intoxication, two have been Queen’s University college students.

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