East Algoma OPP – Complaints lead to Individual being charged with Assault

On Friday, October 16, 2026, at approximately 8:45 p.m., members of the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a complaint involving an intoxicated individual who was threatening and chasing a group of eight to ten youths near a local school on Michigan Avenue in the Town of Blind River.

A short time later, officers attended the area, located the individual, and made an arrest.

As a result of the investigation, Nicholas Two Feathers MATTINET, 34 years old from Thunder Bay, was charged with:

• Assault
• Uttering threats-cause death or bodily harm
• Fail to comply with Probation Order

The accused is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Elliot Lake on December 3, 2026.

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