{"id":83340,"date":"2026-05-21T08:15:43","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T12:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=83340"},"modified":"2026-05-21T08:25:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T12:25:12","slug":"east-algoma-opp-arrest-made-after-suspect-entered-home-and-assaulted-resident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/21\/east-algoma-opp-arrest-made-after-suspect-entered-home-and-assaulted-resident\/","title":{"rendered":"East Algoma OPP &#8211; Arrest Made after Suspect entered home and assaulted resident"},"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>Shirtless individual arrested after attempting to enter homes and assaulting youth.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, May 16, 2026, at approximately 8:20 a.m., members of the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to multiple complaints of a shirtless individual attempting to enter homes on Village Road East in the community of Serpent River First Nation.<\/p>\n<p>At approximately 8:30 a.m., the suspect entered a residence in the 160 block of Village Road and assaulted a 16-year-old by punching them in the face. The suspect then entered a washroom, where the youth&#8217;s father was able to contain the individual until police arrived.<\/p>\n<p>Police arrived a short time later and arrested the individual. While in custody, the accused uttered threats toward officers and spat at police.<\/p>\n<p>The 16-year-old sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to hospital in Elliot Lake by Algoma Paramedic Services.<\/p>\n<p>Zachary PELLETIER, 30 years old, of Serpent River First Nation was charged with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Assault<\/li>\n<li>Assault peace officer (two counts)<\/li>\n<li>Unlawfully in dwelling house<\/li>\n<li>Utter threats-cause death or bodily harm<\/li>\n<li>Breach of Recognizance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The accused appeared before the Ontario Court of Justice Bail Court in Blind River on May 17, 2026, and was remanded into custody.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shirtless individual arrested after attempting to enter homes and assaulting youth. On Saturday, May 16, 2026, at approximately 8:20 a.m., members of the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to multiple complaints of a shirtless individual attempting to enter homes on Village Road East in the community of Serpent River First &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":75103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-district"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-28 10:01:41","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\/83340","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=83340"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83342,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83340\/revisions\/83342"}],"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=83340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}