FORT FRANCES, Ont. — Ontario Provincial Police have released details of a recent violent incident in a municipal park.
On Friday, July 13, officers from the Rainy River District detachment responded to what an OPP news release describes as "a large fight with a weapon involved" at Point Park on the eastern edge of town.
Police said an altercation had taken place between an area resident and a number of people who had been camping in the park.
Two people suffered minor injuries.
After a search for the suspect, OPP arrested a 38-year-old Couchiching First Nation man the next day.
He faces multiple charges:
- five counts of uttering threats
- two counts of assault with a weapon
- two counts of possession of a dangerous weapon
- failure to comply with a recognizance
- failure to comply with probation
The accused man remains in custody pending a court appearance Thursday in Fort Frances.
