On July 20, OPP received a call about a break and enter that had occurred at a house in Powassan.
The residents had come home to find their door pried open and numerous jewellery items missing.
Officers from the Powassan Detachment conducted an investigation. A Scenes of Crime Officer also attended to examine the scene.
Evidence was found at the scene and was seized for forensic examination by the OPP Forensic Identification Services Unit.
As a result of the police investigation, Patrick Marleau, age 42, of West Nipissing, has been arrested and charged with the following:
- Break and Enter a Place - Commit Indictable Offence, and
- Fail to Comply with Probation Order
Marleau was held in custody for a bail hearing at the Ontario Court of Justice, North Bay, today.
