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 Thursday, Dec. 16 in South Porcupine.
While completing patrols of an assigned zone, a Timmins Police Service officer was flagged down by a concerned citizen regarding a disoriented pedestrian.
The officer recognized the female pedestrian 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, Brenda Turgeon, 30, 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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