Knife-point crime wave began, ended with crashes

A 32-year-old Ottawa man, who was already accused of ramming city police cruisers last week, is now facing OPP charges in relation to a carjacking, an armed robbery and two crashes in a single afternoon.
On Friday morning, a white cube van was stolen from the area of George and William streets in Ottawa. About three hours later, Grenville County OPP learned of a single-vehicle crash on County Road 15 near Merrickville.
But before police could arrive, a motorist stopped to help the driver. T