NEWS RELEASES
BARRIE POLICE
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Investigators have arrested and charged one male in connection to the five overdoses that occurred in downtown Barrie Sunday, October 2, 2016 just after midnight.
On Sunday morning a male appeared to be in medical distress and had laboured breathing. EMS attended a short while after Police were on scene and treated the 25-year-old Orillia male.
While Police were on scene, a second male, a 26-year-old from Toronto, collapsed on the roadway in the same area. Then a third male, a 26-year-old from Barrie, collapsed a few moments later. The males were transported to the Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre.
A half hour later a 22-year-old female from Barrie collapsed in the area of Fred Grant Square and went unresponsive. She was transported to hospital by EMS.
During the investigation Police learned that a fourth male, a 29-year- old from Barrie, had been taken to the hospital by EMS. The four males and one female had attended a party together earlier in the evening and it is believed that they used cocaine and consumed alcohol.
A 22-year-old Barrie male has been arrested and charged with; two counts of trafficking a Schedule I substance and five counts of criminal negligence causing bodily harm. He will appear in bail court Tuesday, Oct., 4, 2016.
The investigation is ongoing and police are awaiting toxicology reports.
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