NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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KIRKLAND LAKE - On July 30, 2021, members of the Kirkland Lake Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of two people fighting on Kirkpatrick Street in the Town of Kirkland Lake.
Police arrived to the scene and the two people had already been separated. The investigation revealed that an argument [had] taken place and that it escalated into a physical altercation. The victim suffered minor injuries.
As a result, Samantha Neville, 28 years of age from Kirkland Lake, was arrested and charged with:
• assault with a weapon, contrary to section 267(a) of the Criminal Code (CC)
• uttering threats - cause death or bodily harm, contrary to section 264.1(1)(a) of the CC
The accused was remanded into custody and is scheduled to attend the Ontario Court of Justice in Kirkland Lake on Aug. 6, 2021.
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