On August 22, members of the Warren Detachment of the OPP along with the assistance of the Sudbury OPP Crime Unit, responded to a complaint of historical sexual and physical assaults on a young person, which had occurred in St. Charles, west of West Nipissing.
As a result of a police investigation, two people were arrested on August 25.
A 43-year-old man from St. Charles, has been charged with:
- Two counts of sexual assault
- Sexual exploitation
- Two counts of invitation to sexual touching-Under 16 years of age
- Two counts of sexual interference
- Assault
- Two counts of uttering threats-cause bodily harm
A 34-year-old woman, also from St. Charles, has been charged with:
- Two counts of assault with a weapon
- Two counts of uttering threats-cause death
- Assault
- Careless use of a firearm;
- Unauthorized possession of a firearm;
- Pointing a firearm;
- Careless storage of a firearm
- Criminal harassment-threatening
Both accused were released on a Promise to Appear and Undertaking and are scheduled to appear in court in Sudbury on September 25.
Police have withheld names to protect the identity of the victim.
