NEWS RELEASE
TIMMINS POLICE SERVICE
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The Timmins Police Service has charged a local man with a number of Criminal Code offences stemming from a series of incidents that occurred on Third Avenue during the afternoon hours of Saturday, Aug. 29.
A complaint was received by the Timmins Police where a loitering male subject had been asked to vacate a local place of business. As the man exited the store, he willfully caused damage to the door window resulting in $500 damage.
The subject was positively identified but fled from the scene prior to the arrival of responding Timmins Police officers. The subject was located a short while later and taken into custody by the Timmins Police Service.
As a result of the incidents, Andrew Wesley, 41, of Timmins, has been charged with:
- Mischief under $5000 contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
- Two counts of fail to comply with probation order contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
The accused was released from police custody at a bail hearing on the strength of an undertaking compelling him to attend at Provincial Court in Timmins on Nov. 10 to answer to the charges laid against him.
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