NEWS RELEASE
TIMMINS POLICE SERVICE
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The Timmins Police Service has investigated an incident that occurred during the early morning hours of July 24 resulting in injury to a 19-year-old female person.
The Timmins Police Service responded to the occurrence where a female person had been sexually assaulted while she was a guest at a Timmins hotel.
The responding Timmins Police officers were able to identify, locate, and arrest the male suspect at the same hotel.
As a result, Walter Keeper (Keyper), 28, of Pikangekum has been charged with:
- Sexual assault contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
The accused remains in police custody for the purposes of a bail hearing slated for today at provincial court in Timmins to answer to the charge laid against him.
The victim received medical attention for the injuries she sustained during the altercation.
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