NEWS RELEASE
TIMMINS POLICE SERVICE
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The Timmins Police Service has arrested and charged two young persons from Timmins stemming from separate incidents where respective subjects were found to be in breach of court-imposed conditions in separate incidents.
While completing crime abatement patrols on Friday, July 29, a Timmins Police officer observed a person known to be bound by court-imposed curfew conditions at the intersection of Maple Street South and Third Avenue.
This person was interviewed and taken into police custody.
As a result, a 14-year-old male young person was taken into police custody and is charged with:
• Fail to comply with release order contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
The accused remains in police custody awaiting a bail hearing slated for this morning at the Ontario Court of Justice in Timmins to answer to the criminal charge laid against him.
In a separate incident, the Timmins Police Service completed an investigation into an allegation on Saturday, July 30.
Based on the outcome of the investigation, a local young person was located at a Maple Street North address and found to be in breach of court-imposed conditions.
This person was taken into police custody despite [allegedly] acting in a resistive manner towards the police.
In this instance, a 15-year-old male young person was taken into police custody and is charged with:
• Fail to comply with release order contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
• Resist police officer contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
The accused remains in police custody awaiting a bail hearing slated for this morning at the Ontario Court of Justice in Timmins to answer to the criminal charge laid against him.
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