Funeral home owner charged with indignity to dead body

OPP NEWS RELEASE ************************* Mattawa business man charged MATTAWA, ON – North Bay OPP has charged a Mattawa business man after an investigation was launched last week relating to the burial of a Calvin Township man in September 2007.

OPP NEWS RELEASE

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MATTAWA, ON – North Bay OPP has charged a Mattawa business man after an investigation was launched last week relating to the burial of a Calvin Township man in September 2007.

As a result of the ongoing investigation, the North Bay OPP Crime Unit have charged Timmy Lynn Smith, 48 years old, owner/operator of Smith Funeral Home of Mattawa, Ontario, with:

- Neglect of duty regarding dead body – Sec 182(a) C.C.

- Indignity to a dead body – Sec 182(b) C.C.

- Fraud under $5000 – Sec 380(1) C.C.

- Make forged document – Sec 367 C.C.

- Utter forged document – Sec 368(1) C.C. (12 counts)

The charges relate to the processing and documentation of burial services provided by the Smith Funeral Home.

Smith is being held for a bail hearing on September 28 at 10 a.m., North Bay Court House.

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