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 early morning hours of Sunday, Jan. 23 in Timmins.
While assisting at the scene of a call for service, the responding Timmins Police Service officer recognized a female subject at the site 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, Megan Smokeday, 29, 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 the charges that resulted in the Arrest Warrant being issued.
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