Debt collection, Sault-style

CITY POLICE

NEWS RELEASE

************************* Three persons are currently in custody at the City Police station in regards to a break and enter that occurred last night around 8:46 p.m. on Brown Street.

It is alleged that three male adults attended at a residence on Brown Street all wearing masks over their faces, carrying knives and a rifle and kicked in the door.

The males waved the knives at the two residents, a male and female adult, and threatened to kill them.

City police attended at the residence and arrested one of the males that was still at the scene.

The other two males fled on foot.

Through investigation, City Police discovered that this was an isolated incident, that all parties are known to each other and it is alleged that the three accused persons were at the residence to collect a debt.

The rifle was later discovered to be a pellet rifle.

Officers located and arrested the other two accused persons at 1046 Peoples Road, the home of one of the accused, just after midnight on the 17th of September.

The only injury reported was to the resident of the home that he received to a hand when he was attempting to restrain one of his dogs during the confrontation.

There was no money or property taken.

Three persons arrested:

- Twenty-one-year-old Eric Richer of #213 1046 Peoples Road, who was arrested at the scene at 8:46 p.m., has been charged with one count of pointing a firearm, one count of use of a firearm during commission of an offence, one count of disguise with intent – face masked, one count of possession of a weapon for purpose dangerous to public, two counts of threaten death or bodily harm, two counts of assault with a weapon, one count of robbery – use of a firearm and one count of breach of probation. At the time of the offence the accused was on probation with conditions to keep the peace and be of good behaviour.

- Twenty-year-old Ernest Richer of #213-1046 Peoples Road was arrested at his residence at 12:08 a.m. and charged with one count of pointing a firearm, one count of use of a firearm during the commission of an offence, one count of disguise with intent – face masked, one count of possession of a weapon for purpose dangerous to public, two counts of threaten death or bodily harm, two counts of assault with a weapon, one count of robbery – use of a firearm and one count of breach of probation. He was on probation a well with conditions to keep the peace and be of good behaviour.

- Eighteen-year-old Justin McGregor of no fixed address was arrested at 12:11 a.m. on Peoples Road and is charged with one count of pointing a firearm, one count of use of a firearm during the commission of an offence, one count of disguise with intent – face masked, one count of possession of a weapon for purpose dangerous to public, two counts of threaten death or bodily harm, two counts of assault with a weapon and one count of robbery – use of a firearm.

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