{"id":68480,"date":"2024-08-08T06:40:32","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T10:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=68480"},"modified":"2024-08-13T06:48:06","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T10:48:06","slug":"ssm-opp-individual-charged-with-1st-degree-murder-after-death-of-victim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/08\/ssm-opp-individual-charged-with-1st-degree-murder-after-death-of-victim\/","title":{"rendered":"SSM OPP &#8211; Individual Charged with 1st Degree Murder after death of victim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/OPPCrest-e1501592123859.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-101\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/OPPCrest-e1501592123859.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" \/><\/a>The victim has succumbed to their injuries, additional charges were laid, and a third person has been charged in relation to a stabbing incident in Batchewana First Nation.<\/p>\n<p>On July 30, 2024, at approximately 3:30 a.m., the Batchewana First Nation Police Service and the Sault Ste. Marie Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a stabbing incident on Gran Street. The victim, identified as 19-year-old Brandan PELLOW of Aweres Township, was transported to hospital with life-threatening injuries and pronounced deceased on August 5, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>On August 1, 2024, a third person was arrested in relation to the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Adrian BLACKBIRD, 20 years of age of Batchewana First Nation, has been charged with the following <em>Criminal Code<\/em> (CC) offences:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First degree murder, section 235(1)<\/li>\n<li>Aggravated assault, section 268<\/li>\n<li>Uttering threats &#8211; cause death or bodily harm, section 264(1)<\/li>\n<li>Failure to comply with release order-other than to attend court, section 145(5)(a)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On August 5, 2024, police re-arrested both accused, a 17-year-old from Batchewana First Nation and a 16-year-old from Thunder Bay, and laid an additional charge of first degree murder, section 235(1) CC.<\/p>\n<p>All accused persons have been remanded in custody and are scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Sault Ste. Marie on a later date.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation continues by the Sault Ste. Marie OPP Crime Unit and the Batchewana Police Service under the direction of the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with any information regarding this investigation is asked to please contact the Sault Ste. Marie OPP or Batchewana First Nation Police Service at 1-888-310-1122. Should you wish to remain anonymous, you may contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or saultcrimestoppers.com, where you may be eligible to receive a cash reward of up to $2,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The victim has succumbed to their injuries, additional charges were laid, and a third person has been charged in relation to a stabbing incident in Batchewana First Nation. On July 30, 2024, at approximately 3:30 a.m., the Batchewana First Nation Police Service and the Sault Ste. Marie Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":101,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-18 20:51:57","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68480"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68481,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68480\/revisions\/68481"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}