NEWS RELEASE
TIMMINS POLICE SERVICE
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The Timmins Police Service arrested a local resident on the strength of an arrest warrant that was executed yesterday (May 5).
While completing patrols of his assigned zone, a Timmins Police Service officer recognized a pedestrian as being a wanted person named in a current arrest warrant held by the Timmins Police.
Once the validity of the warrant was confirmed, the subject was arrested by the Timmins Police Service.
As a result, Owen Shukman, 20 of Timmins, was arrested on the strength of the warrant.
He remains in police custody awaiting a bail hearing slated for today at Provincial Court in Timmins to answer to charges resulting in the arrest warrant being issued.
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