Skip to main content

Arrest of wanted individual leads to assault, weapon charges

Ontario Provincial Police officers. (File Photo) Ontario Provincial Police officers. (File Photo)
Share

A known fugitive was arrested Sunday on outstanding warrants on Young Street in Sables-Spanish Rivers Township.

The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) said in a news release Tuesday that members of the Manitoulin Detachment were on general patrol the afternoon of Jan. 1 when they observed a person known to have outstanding warrants for their arrest.

“The person attempted to avoid police on foot but was arrested a short time later in the rail yard,” said police.

A subsequent search of the accused discovered a knife in their possession; violating their previous release conditions, police said.

“An officer was also assaulted by the person while in police custody,” the OPP said, in the release.

The 28-year-old local resident is charged with assault of a peace officer, unauthorized possession of a weapon, possession of a weapon contrary to a probation order and failing to comply with a probation order.

The accused is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Espanola on Feb. 13.

None of the allegations has been proven in court.

CTVNews.ca Top Stories

Overheated immigration system needed 'discipline' infusion: minister

An 'overheated' immigration system that admitted record numbers of newcomers to the country has harmed Canada's decades-old consensus on the benefits of immigration, Immigration Minister Marc Miller said, as he reflected on the changes in his department in a year-end interview.

Stay Connected