Prices laid after ‘suspicious particular person’ incident at Winchester faculty

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A 34-year-old Ottawa man was charged Friday with kidnapping, abduction of an individual beneath 14 and different offences in reference to a “suspicious particular person” incident at Winchester Public Faculty on Wednesday afternoon, Ontario Provincial Police mentioned.

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The person was being held in custody for a bail listening to on the Ontario Court docket of Justice in Cornwall, an OPP media launch mentioned.

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The discharge mentioned the arrest had been made by officers from the OPP’s Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry detachment with help from the detachment crime unit, Ottawa OPP Freeway Security Division and the OPP Regional Help Staff.

In addition to the costs of kidnapping and abduction of an individual beneath 14 (not being father or mother or guardian), the person was charged with prison harassment, harmful operation of a motorized vehicle and two counts of flight from a peace officer.

An OPP spokesperson mentioned that, though the related costs included kidnapping and abduction, no little one was truly taken. The incident concerned the person approaching kids close to the varsity.

Anybody with details about the Wednesday incident or surveillance video of the realm on the time of the incident — about 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday — was requested to name Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry OPP at 1-888-310-1122. Anybody wishing to stay nameless can contact Crime Stoppers toll-free at 1-800-222- 8477 or on-line at ontariocrimestoppers.ca.

Winchester is situated about 50 kilometres south of Ottawa.