NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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SAGAMOK FIRST NATION — Police have arrested and charged one person in connection with an attempted murder in Sagamok First Nation.
On Aug. 4, 2024, at approximately 1:30 a.m., the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a call for service involving intimate partner violence on Archie's Road in Sagamok First Nation. One person with serious but non-life-threatening injuries was transported to hospital by emergency medical services.
As a result of the investigation, a 28-year-old from Sables-Spanish Rivers Township has been arrested and charged with the following Criminal Code offences:
- Attempt to commit murder, section 239(1)(b)
- Assault causing bodily harm - choke, suffocate or strangle, section 267(c)
- Assault causing bodily harm - spousal, section 267(c)
- Aggravated assault - spousal, section 268
- Forcible confinement, section 279(2)
- Uttering threats - cause death or bodily harm - spousal, section 264.1(1)(a)
- Mischief - domestic, section 430(4)
- Theft under $5,000, section 334(b)
- Break, enter a place - commit indictable offence, section 348(1)(b)
- Failure to comply with undertaking, section 145(4)(a) - six counts
The accused is being held in custody and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Espanola on a later date.
The name of the accused will not be released to protect the identity of the victim.
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The investigation is being conducted by the Espanola OPP Crime Unit and the Anishinabek Police Service under the direction of the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch.
Anyone with any information regarding this investigation is asked to contact the OPP at 1-888-310-1122. Should you wish to remain anonymous, you may contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or ontariocrimestoppers.ca, where you may be eligible to receive a cash reward of up to $2,000.