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On October 13, 2021, members of the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called to a residence on Granary Lake Road in relation to a person discharging a firearm on their property.
Police attended the property and spoke to the person who discharged the firearm. It was learned they had shot a pheasant with a shotgun. However, the person was in possession of unauthorized firearms. Police arrested the person and seized numerous firearms.
Dennis AMYOTTE, 60 years of age, from Blind River, was charged with:
- Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm, contrary to contrary to section 91(1) of the Criminal Code (CC)
The accused is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice Blind River, Ontario on December 2, 2021.
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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