NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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LITTLE CURRENT - A young person is being charged with multiple offences after stealing a vehicle and refusing to stop for police.
On Jan. 22, 2023 at approximately 5 p.m., members of the Manitoulin Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a complaint of a young person unlawfully at large after [allegedly] pulling a fire alarm and taking off on foot from a health centre on Meredith Street.
[It is alleged that] this individual proceeded to steal a vehicle and flee from police. Officers were finally able to box the vehicle in at the Highway 6/17 intersection in McKerrow and affect an arrest. No injuries were reported.
A young person, 15 years old from Wikwemikong First Nation, has been charged with:
• Dangerous operation contrary to section 320.13(1) of the Criminal Code (CC)
• Assault contrary to section 266 CC
• Flight from peace officer contrary to section 320.17 CC
• False alarm of fire contrary to section 437
• Theft of motor vehicle contrary to section 333.1 CC
The accused is scheduled to appear before the Gore Bay Ontario Court of Justice at a later date.
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