NEWS RELEASE
TIMMINS POLICE SERVICE
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The Timmins Police Service arrested a Timmins resident stemming from an incident where the suspect was found to be in breach of a set of court-imposed conditions listed in his Probation Order.
The Timmins Police Service responded to a public complaint regarding a man who was harassing customers at a Mountjoy Street North strip mall yesterday evening.
The responding Timmins Police officers located the man and found him to be in the presence of a specific person that he is prohibited from contacting in any way pursuant to his Probation Order.
The investigation into the matter and determined that such activity was in violation of strict conditions imposed upon him by the Provincial Court in Timmins.
As a result, Larry Chapman, 34 of Timmins, was taken into police custody and is charged with:
- two counts of fail to comply with probation order contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
- two counts of fail to comply with release order 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 criminal charges laid against him.
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