NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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MOONBEAM - On Jan. 13, 2021 at 10:21 a.m. members of the James Bay Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a domestic dispute on Highway 11 in Moonbeam.
Investigation revealed that the dispute had escalated to a physical altercation.
As a result, a 49-year-old person of Pic Mobert First Nation was arrested and charged with:
- Assault, contrary to section 266 of the Criminal Code of Canada (CC), and
- Theft under $5,000, contrary to section 334(b) of the CC.
The accused was released on an undertaking, but later the same day, at 2:25 p.m., the accused breached one of the conditions of the undertaking and as a result, the person was re-arrested and charged with:
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Failure to comply with undertaking, contrary to section 145(4)(a) of the CC.
The accused was released after a bail hearing and is to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Kapuskasing on Feb. 22, 2021.
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