(BROCKVILLE, ON) – The Leeds County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged an individual in connection with a suspicious fire.
On Sunday, July 20, 2025, shortly after 5:00 a.m., Leeds OPP responded to a report of a structure fire at a single-family dwelling north of Brockville. The home was unoccupied at the time of the fire; no injuries were sustained.
After an extensive investigation by the Leeds OPP Crime Unit resulted in the execution of a search warrant at a property on County Road 7 near Jasper. Officers seized:
- A semi-automatic rifle
- High-capacity magazine and ammunition
- Body armour
- Brass knuckles
- Explosives containers
- Approximately three grams of suspected fentanyl
- Over 70 grams of suspected methamphetamine
- Over 430 grams of an unknown white substance
- A riding lawnmower
- A passenger vehicle
- A travel trailer
- A pick-up truck
- Several cellphones
As a result of the investigation, 40-year-old Graham DREW of Jasper has been charged with the following offences:
- Arson – disregard for human life
- Causing an explosion likely to cause bodily harm, death or serious damage to property
- With intent to cause bodily harm, cause an explosive substance to explode
- With intent to destroy or damage property, place or throw an explosive substance
- Explosives – making or possessing for unlawful purpose
- Place or throw an explosive substance
- Store an explosive
- Possession of an explosive
- Send or deliver to a person or a person to take or receive an explosive substance
- Careless storage of a firearm, weapon, prohibited device or ammunition – three counts
- Knowledge of unauthorized possession of firearm – two counts
- Possession of a prohibited device or ammunition – two counts
- Possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000 – three counts
- Unauthorized possession of a weapon
The accused has been remanded into custody, and is scheduled to appear for a bail hearing on July 31, 2025, at the Brockville Ontario Court of Justice.