NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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KIRKLAND LAKE – On Feb. 5, 2021, members of the Kirkland Lake Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) began an investigation into a sexual assault which occurred late in 2020, in the Town of Kirkland Lake.
As a result of the investigation, a 16-year-old person, from Kirkland Lake, was arrested and charged with the following:
- Sexual assault on a person under 16 years of age, contrary to section 271 of the Criminal Code.
The OPP will not release the name of the accused in order to protect the identity of the victim and also as a provision of the Youth Criminal Justice Act.
The accused is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Kirkland Lake at a later date.
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