NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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On Sept. 4, 2022, at approximately 6 a.m., members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of an assault that occurred on Sept. 1, 2022, at a residence on Village Road in the community of Mississauga First Nation.
On Sept. 9, 2022, Randy Martin, 28, of no-fixed-address, was located in Blind River, arrested and charged with:
- Assault - cause bodily harm, contrary to section 267(b) of the Criminal Code
The accused is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Elliot Lake on Nov. 10, 2022.
On Sept. 13, 2022, at approximately 7 p.m., Mississauga First Nation (MFN) Police Service responded to a complaint of a suspicious person who appeared to be disoriented and wearing no shirt and walking through a yard on Eli Street in the community of Mississauga First Nation.
Approximately two hours later, another suspicious person call came in on River Road and matched the description of the first call. Police attended to find the individual was gone. While speaking to the complainant, police could hear yelling in the woods.
Members from the East Algoma Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), the Emergency Response Team (ERT), and the OPP's Canine Unit assisted MFN Police Service, and at approximately 4 a.m., police located the individual hiding in a gazebo at a neighbouring property on River Road.
As a result, Randy Martin, 28, of no-fixed-address, was charged with:
- Trespassing at night, contrary to section 177 of the Criminal Code (CC)
- Failure to comply with undertaking, contrary to section 145(4)(a) of the CC
The accused is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Elliot Lake on Nov. 10, 2022.
The accused was lodged at Blind River Detachment until sober.
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