NEWS RELEASE
TIMMINS POLICE SERVICE
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The Timmins Police Service arrested two local residents on the strength of respective arrest warrants which were executed stemming from separate incidents that occurred yesterday (Sept. 26).
While responding to a disturbance in progress call for service at a Southern Avenue residence, a Timmins Police Service officer interviewed one of the parties involved who provided a false name to the police as she is currently a wanted person named in an 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, Stephanie Larocque, 34 of Timmins, was arrested on the strength of the warrant.
She is further charged with a single count of personation with intent to avoid arrest contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada.
She remains in police custody awaiting a bail hearing slated for today at the Ontario Court of Justice in Timmins to answer to all charges laid against her.
In a separate incident in regards to a suspicious person call for service at an Algonquin Boulevard East apartment, a Timmins Police Service officer recognized the subject of the complaint 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, Debbie Bastien, 45 of Timmins, was arrested on the strength of the warrant.
She remains in police custody awaiting a bail hearing slated for today at the Ontario Court of Justice in Timmins to answer to charges resulting in the arrest warrant being issued.
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