NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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BLIND RIVER - On July 29, 2020, members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial (OPP) investigated an historical sexual assault where a 55-year-old male was charged and placed on conditions not to communicate with the victim.
The next day, on July 30, 2020, the male contacted the victim indirectly and as a result on Aug. 1, 2020, the male was located and arrested.
The 55-year-old male, from Blind River, was charged with fail to comply with undertaking, contrary to section 145(4)(a) of the Criminal Code.
The accused appeared before the Ontario Court of Justice Video Bail in Blind River on Aug. 2, 2020 and was remanded into custody.
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