NEWS RELEASE
BARRIE POLICE SERVICE
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On the 27th of February 2016, at approximately 11 p.m., Barrie Police responded to a disturbance call to a downtown apartment building.
Officers arrived on scene and located the involved parties in the 5th floor hallway. Officers located a female victim who had been assaulted by a 38-year-old male, causing major swelling around the victim's eye.
The accused was taken into custody, and the victim was attended to by ambulance and transported to RVH for medical treatment.
Further investigation revealed that the accused was also bound by two separate probation orders and was breaching conditions of those orders. The accused was subsequently charged with assault causing bodily harm, and two counts of fail to comply with probation. The accused was held in custody pending a bail hearing.
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On the 27th of February 2016, at approximately 9:10 p.m., Barrie Police attended a Bradford Street residence regarding reports of a possible domestic incident.
Officers attended the scene and conducted an investigation resulting in a 51-year-old male being arrested for assault and uttering threats to cause death against his common law spouse.
The accused was transported to the Barrie Police Headquarters where he was held pending a bail hearing.
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On the 27th of February 2016, at approximately 11:15 p.m., Barrie Police were dispatched to a north end address regarding youths attempting to gain entry into a home and threatening to harm a resident inside.
Officers attended the area and located three male youths in the area matching the descriptions of the suspects.
Police commenced in investigation resulting in one male youth being charged for breach of undertaking for failing to comply with Court imposed curfew, and a second male youth was arrested, charged, and released for being in possession of a prohibited weapon, which was a knife that falls within the description of a prohibited weapon under the Criminal Code. The youth that was found to be breaching his conditions of release was held pending a bail hearing.
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