{"id":75981,"date":"2025-08-05T21:45:55","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T01:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=75981"},"modified":"2025-08-05T21:45:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T01:45:55","slug":"se-opp-wawa-arrest-made-after-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/05\/se-opp-wawa-arrest-made-after-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"SE OPP Wawa &#8211; Arrest Made after Assault"},"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-medium wp-image-101\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/OPPCrest-e1501592123859-300x236.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" \/><\/a>One person is facing criminal charges after an incident involving a firearm.<\/p>\n<p>On July 27, 2025 at approximately 9:37 p.m., the Superior East Ontario Provincial Police was notified of an assault that occurred on Ontario Street in Wawa. Witnesses reported two individuals had engaged in a verbal argument that turned physical, with one individual pointing a firearm at the second individual.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of the investigation, Spencer WRIGHT, 30 years-of-age, of Wawa was arrested and charged with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Assault with a weapon<\/li>\n<li>Pointing a firearm<\/li>\n<li>Possession of weapon for dangerous purpose<\/li>\n<li>Possession of a schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking &#8211; methamphetamine<\/li>\n<li>Possession of a schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking &#8211; cocaine<\/li>\n<li>Fail to comply with probation order &#8211; four counts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The accused was held for a bail hearing, and remanded into custody.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One person is facing criminal charges after an incident involving a firearm. On July 27, 2025 at approximately 9:37 p.m., the Superior East Ontario Provincial Police was notified of an &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":75103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-10 17:03:51","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\/75981","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=75981"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75982,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75981\/revisions\/75982"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}