A 25-year-old man from Tweed faces numerous charges in relation to Domestic Assault allegations, as well as fleeing from police.
At 11:30 p.m. on September 21, 2020, officers from the Central Hastings Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police responded to reports that a woman had been threatened and assaulted in her home in Tweed the previous evening.
Officers located a suspect in the early morning hours of September 22, 2020, but the male fled in a vehicle after being placed under arrest. The vehicle was later located abandoned in a farm field.
Central Hastings OPP members, a long with the OPP Emergency Response Team and OPP Canine Unit conducted a search of the area and the accused person was taken into custody.
The male has been charged under the Criminal Code with:
- Assault – two counts
- Dangerous operation
- Flight from peace officer
- Fail to comply with Probation Order
- Fail to comply with release order
The accused, who cannot be identified in order to protect the identity of the victim, is scheduled to appear for a bail hearing before the Ontario Court of Justice in Belleville on September 22, 2020.
If you or someone you know is living in or involved in an abusive relationship, help is available.
The Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Program at Quinte Health Care is a team of specially trained nurses that responds 24 hours a day, seven days a week to all four QHC hospital sites.
You can also contact the Sexual Assault Centre crisis line 24/7 at 1-877-544-6424 or Victim Services of Hastings, Prince Edward, Lennox and Addington at 1-866-680-9972.
