(PICKLE LAKE, ON) – Officers with the Pickle Lake Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Detachment and North West Region Crime Unit have arrested and charged a female in relation to an incident that occurred on Cat Lake Road.
At approximately 9:35am on June 19, 2014 officers were dispatched to an assault which had occurred at a residence on Cat Lake Road approximately 2 kilometers outside of Pickle Lake. Officers attended and located a male who was treated by Pickle Lake Emergency Medical Services (EMS) on site and was airlifted to further medical treatment in Winnipeg with life threatening injuries.
Officers from the North West Region Crime Unit were mobilized and as a result of their investigation have charged a 29-year-old female from Pickle Lake with Aggravated Assault contrary to section 268(1) of the Criminal Code. The female was held in custody and transported to Sioux Lookout to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice on June 20, 2014.
The name of the accused is not being released in order to protect the identity of the victim.