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Four victims attacked by same person at August music festival, conclude OPP

17-year-old charged in Country Fest sexual assault investigation
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NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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LITTLE CURRENT - On Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019 at 2:10 a.m., members of the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and Sudbury-Manitoulin Emergency Medical Services (EMS) responded to a report of a female with injuries at the Country Fest Fairgrounds in Little Current.

On April 8, 2020, the Manitoulin OPP Crime Unit arrested and charged a 17-year-old youth from Whitefish River First Nation.

On May 13, 2020, the Manitoulin OPP Crime Unit arrested and charged the same 17-year-old youth from Whitefish River First Nation.

The investigation has now concluded with the charges stemming from four different victims all reported from the same music festival.

The identity of the young person charged in this investigation is protected under authority of the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA) and as such will not be released.

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