The North Bay Police Service responded to 63 calls for service over the last 24 hours, including but not limited to; domestic disturbances, mischief, sexual assault, harassment, unwanted persons and traffic complaints.
On the 26th of March, 2014, at approximately 6:30 p.m., a mother was shopping with her 11-year-old daughter at a local department store. It is alleged that while at the department store, a 22-year-old local man, not known to the mother and daughter, walked past the 11-year-old girl and while doing so, the male turned and grabbed the child’s buttocks. North Bay Police were called and responded. As a result of the investigation, 22-year-old Joseph Sutherland of no fixed address in North Bay was arrested and charged with the criminal offence of Sexual Assault. Sutherland is being held in custody pending a bail hearing.
Shortly after 2 a.m. on the 27th of March, 2014, officers conducted a traffic stop of a motor vehicle in the area of Fisher Street and the bypass. An investigation resulted in a 39-year-old female being charged with the criminal offence of impaired driving.
