NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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SABLES-SPANISH RIVERS TOWNSHIP - On Nov. 18, 2022 at approximately 4 a.m., members of the Manitoulin (Espanola) Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) located an abandoned vehicle on Highway 17 near Sables-Spanish Rivers Township.
The abandon vehicle was involved in a fail to stop occurrence in West Nipissing earlier that evening. A short time later, OPP received a call regarding a suspicious person in the area. Police attended and the person fled on foot into a wooded area. Members of the Manitoulin OPP, OPP Emergency Response Team (ERT), and the OPP Canine Unit located the person safely.
As a result, Brent Liefers, 46 years old from West Nipissing, was arrested and charged with:
• Flight from peace officer contrary to section 320.17 of the Criminal Code (CC)
• Dangerous operation contrary to section 320.13(1) CC
The accused is schedule to appear in the North Bay Ontario Court of Justice on Nov. 29, 2022, at 9:30 a.m.
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