NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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THESSALON - On March 26, 2018, shortly after 6 p.m., members from the East Algoma Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to an assault that had occurred at a local laundromat on Frances Street in the Town of Thessalon.
A male was at the laundromat when another male walked by and began to taunt him through a window. The complainant exited the laundromat and an argument ensued where the male uttered to physically harm the complainant. The complainant was then headbutted and suffered a cut on the bridge of his nose.
The male was located and arrested on March 27, 2018.
As a result of the investigation, Mark Vasey, 32 years of age, from Thessalon, Ontario was charged with:
- Assault, contrary to section 266 of the Criminal Code (CC);
- Uttering Threats-Cause Bodily Harm, contrary to section 264.1(1)(a) of the CC;
- Fail to Comply with Probation Order, contrary to section 733.1 of the CC; and with
- Breach of Recognizance, contrary to section 811 of the CC.
The accused is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Blind River on April 5, 2018.
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