NEWS RELEASE
TIMMINS POLICE SERVICE
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The Timmins Police Service has charged a local person with theft-related offences stemming from an incident that occurred yesterday morning at an Algonquin Boulevard grocery store.
Based on the investigation, it has been determined that a woman attended the store and proceeded to conceal a number of items on her person.
Upon being confronted, the woman struck a store clerk and then fled the store on foot.
The responding Timmins Police officer was able to identify, locate, and arrest the female suspect at a Spruce Street South building later that same day.
It was further determined that the Timmins Police Service holds a valid arrest warrant for the female suspect.
As a result of the incident, Melissa Iahtail, 37, of Timmins, has been charged with:
- Assault contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
- Theft under $5000 contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
- Possession of property obtained by crime contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
- Fail to comply with probation order contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
Iahtail remains in police custody awaiting a bail hearing slated for today at the Ontario Court of Justice in Timmins to answer to the charges laid against her.
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