OPP charge one person after altercation in Pembroke
Posted Jun 14, 2022 05:05:22 PM.
Members of the Upper Ottawa Valley (UOV) Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) charged one person with drug and weapons offences after a weekend altercation in Pembroke.
On June 11 at roughly 6 p.m., OPP officers responded to an incident in the 1200 block of Pembroke Street West where one person was assaulted with a weapon and sustained minor injuries.
Officers located a vehicle of interest a short distance away and arrested the driver while seizing suspected methamphetamines and an edged weapon.
Maxime Fortin, 38, of North Algona-Wilberforce has been charged with the following offences:
- Assault with a weapon
- Operation while impaired – drugs
- Unauthorized possession of a weapon
- Failure to comply with undertaking – two counts
- Possession of a schedule I substance – methamphetamine
The accused had their driver's licence suspended for 90 days and the vehicle was towed and impounded for seven days. The accused was held for a bail hearing and remains in custody until their next appearance at the Ontario Court of Justice in Pembroke on June 14, 2022.
