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On January 12, 2022, at approximately 1:04 p.m., members of the Superior East Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a threats occurrence involving two youth in Wawa.
As a result of the investigation, a 17-year-old, from Wawa, was arrested and charged with the following:
- Uttering Threats – Cause death or Bodily Harm, contrary to section 264.1(1)(a) of the Criminal Code (CC) (Three Counts),
- Assault a Peace Officer with a weapon, contrary to section 270.01(1)(a) of the CC,
- Assault with intent to resist arrest, contrary to section 270(1)(b) of the CC (Two Counts), and
- Disarming a Peace Officer, contrary to section 270.1(1) of the CC.
The accused was released from custody and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in February in Wawa.
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) provide policing services throughout Ontario. Our officers are responsible for policing over one million square kilometres of land and waterways. They provide frontline policing services to more than 320 Ontario municipalities and patrol over 126,000 kilometres of provincial roadways.
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