Judicial pre-trial scheduled for C-K police officer facing charges
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An incarcerated Chatham-Kent police officer still hasn’t received bail, but some progress is being made with respect to the charges she faces.
Cristelle Vanden Enden made a brief appearance via teleconference Tuesday where the Chatham courtroom heard a judicial pre-trial has been scheduled for April 29. Pre-trials are closed to the public.
Vanden Enden, who is facing charges related to separate incidents, is slated to return to open court on May 6 for the matter to move forward. She was remanded in custody at the South West Detention Centre in Windsor.
There is a publication ban on any pre-trial evidence presented in court.
According to previously published reports, the officer faces charges of dangerous operation of a vehicle and criminal negligence causing bodily harm.
Chatham-Kent police asked Windsor police to investigate after local officers were called to a Chatham home Jan. 9 to help paramedics with an injured 40-year-old man.
Police learned Vanden Enden may have been involved in the incident.
She was arrested and charged by Windsor police on Jan. 18 and taken into custody pending a bail hearing.
She is also facing two counts of failing to comply with her release conditions, possession of property obtained by a crime with a value less than $5,000 and three counts of drug possession.
Vanden Enden also faces a charge of fraud with a value less than $5,000, use of a forged document and possession of property obtained by a crime in connection to allegations dating back to 2019.
The officer is currently on medical leave from the police service.
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