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 during the afternoon hours of Tuesday, Feb. 8 in Timmins.
In the course of completing general patrols, a Timmins Police Service officer observed a driver proceed through an intersection in the south end of the city without coming to a complete stop.
A traffic stop was initiated and it was discovered that the male driver was 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, Louis Gauthier, 47, of Timmins was arrested on the strength of the warrant.
He remains in police custody awaiting a bail hearing slated for today at the Ontario Court of Justice in Timmins to answer to the charges that resulted in the arrest warrant being issued.
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