{"id":55291,"date":"2025-08-27T10:09:27","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T14:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hampstead.qc.ca\/?p=55291"},"modified":"2025-08-27T10:09:27","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T14:09:27","slug":"important-notice-suspect-arrested-in-connection-with-hampstead-town-hall-arson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hampstead.qc.ca\/en\/important-notice-suspect-arrested-in-connection-with-hampstead-town-hall-arson\/","title":{"rendered":"IMPORTANT NOTICE \u2013 Suspect Arrested in Connection with Hampstead Town Hall Arson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.6rem; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">The Town of Hampstead is proud to announce the arrest of a suspect by the Service de police de la Ville de Montr\u00e9al (SPVM), made possible through their outstanding work and close collaboration with our Public Security team. We commend their professionalism and unwavering commitment to the safety and well-being of our community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.6rem; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">The SPVM proceeded yesterday with the arrest of a 39-year-old man in connection with the arson incidents that occurred in front of a Hampstead municipal building on August 22 and 25.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.6rem; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">A search of a residence in the borough of Villeray\u2013Saint-Michel\u2013Parc-Extension also allowed investigators from the SPVM\u2019s Arson and Explosives Section to seize various pieces of evidence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.6rem; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">The suspect is scheduled to appear in custody at the Montr\u00e9al Courthouse later today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.6rem; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/spvm.qc.ca\/fr\/Communiques\/Details\/16082\">Read the SPVM news release. <em>(French only)<\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Town of Hampstead is proud to announce the arrest of a suspect by the Service de police de la Ville de Montr\u00e9al (SPVM), made possible through their outstanding work and close collaboration with our Public Security team. We commend their professionalism and unwavering commitment to the safety and well-being of our community. The SPVM proceeded yesterday with the arrest of a 39-year-old man in connection with the arson incidents that occurred in front of a Hampstead municipal building on August 22 and 25. A search of a residence in the borough of Villeray\u2013Saint-Michel\u2013Parc-Extension also allowed investigators from the SPVM\u2019s<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hampstead.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hampstead.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hampstead.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hampstead.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hampstead.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hampstead.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55291\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hampstead.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hampstead.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hampstead.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}