IPV and child abuse investigation leads to attempted murder charge
Posted Sep 28, 2025 11:15:20 AM.
Last Updated Sep 29, 2025 11:40:12 AM.
A 26-year-old is facing a list of charges, including attempt to commit murder on a child, following an investigation by Leeds County OPP.
On Friday morning, officers began an investigation into a case of intimate partner violence and child abuse in Rideau Lakes, a community just north of Kingston.
In addition to attempted murder, the suspect is also facing the following 13 charges:
- Sexual assault on a person under 16 years of age cause bodily harm;
- Sexual interference;
- Two counts of forcible confinement;
- Two counts of assault with a weapon;
- Two counts of assault cause bodily harm – choke, suffocate or strangle;
- Two counts of assault;
- Two counts of uttering threats – cause death or bodily harm; and
- Intimidation – use or threatens use of violence.
The accused remains in custody and will appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Brockville at a later date.