OPP officer charged with assault

OPP News Release

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Moosonee - The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has laid additional assault charges against two individuals in relation to an altercation that occurred in Moosonee on October 3, 2009.

On October 3, 2009 officers responded to a house party where a physical altercation had occurred. As a result of the initial investigation by OPP officers from the Moosonee Detachment, a female was charged with Assault on October 4, 2009.

Due to the implication of an OPP member in this altercation, further investigation by the OPP Professional Standards Bureau and the North East Region Crime Unit was conducted. As a result, charges have been laid against two additional persons in relation to assaults on two persons who both sustained minor injuries:

Provincial Constable Tim BURGESS, age 45, a 22 year member of the OPP currently stationed at Moosonee Detachment has been charged with Assault contrary to the Criminal Code. Provincial Constable Burgess was off duty at the time of the incident.

Sharleen BURGESS, age 44 of Moosonee has been charged with Assault and Assault with a Weapon contrary to the Criminal Code.

Both Sharleen BURGESS and Provincial Constable Tim Burgess are scheduled to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice court in Moosonee on April 7, 2010.

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