NEWS RELEASE
TIMMINS POLICE SERVICE
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The Timmins Police Service has charged a local person with break and enter related offences stemming from an incident that occurred during the late evening hours of Friday, Oct. 8 at a Moneta Avenue industrial site.
The Timmins Police responded to a call for service where a person had gained entry onto the site by means of cutting a hole in the perimeter fencing with the use of burglary tools.
The incident was discovered by means of the on-site security system.
Upon police arrival, the lone male suspect was located and arrested on-site and found to be in possession of a quantity of stolen copper wire and other tools.
As a result of the incident, Augustine Scott, 33, of Timmins, has been charged with:
• break and enter with intent contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
• possession of break-in instruments contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
• fail to comply with release order contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
• possession of property obtained by crime contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
The accused remains in police custody awaiting a bail hearing slated for today at the Ontario Court of Justice in Timmins to answer to the charges laid against him.
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