NEWS RELEASE
TIMMINS POLICE SERVICE
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The Timmins Police Service has charged a local person stemming from a report received from a property owner of a break and enter which led to an arrest.
Responding Timmins Police Service officers located the suspect as the man was in the midst of fleeing from a north end residence.
Upon arrest, the man was found to be in possession of household goods allegedly taken from the residence.
As a result of this incident, Patrick Martin, 36, of Timmins, has been charged with:
- Break and enter contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
- Theft under $5,000 contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
- Possession of property obtained by crime contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
- Fail to comply with undertaking contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
The accused remains in police custody awaiting a bail hearing slated for this morning at Provincial Court in Timmins to answer to the charges laid against him.
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