NEWS RELEASE
TIMMINS POLICE SERVICE
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The Timmins Police Service has investigated a disturbance that occurred yesterday evening at a Park Avenue schoolyard in Timmins resulting in an assault to a 12- year-old female person.
The Timmins Police Service responded to an occurrence where a female young person initiated an assault against another 12-year-old female young person.
The victim sustained minor injuries to the face and head during the altercation.
The responding Timmins Police officers were able to identify, locate, and arrest the female suspect at a Birch Street South address later on in the evening.
As a result, a 12-year-old person who cannot be named in keeping with statutory requirements has been charged with:
- Assault contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
- Fail to comply with Sentence contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
The accused remains in police custody for the purposes of a bail hearing slated for today at the Ontario Court of Justice in Timmins to answer to the charges laid against her.
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