(KENORA, ON) Members of the Kenora Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged two adults in relation to a break and enter over the weekend.
On Friday June 13, 2014 at around 7:45 pm police received a call that a resident had returned home to find her residence in the Central Area of Kenora had been broken into and the suspect was still in the residence. Police attended and located the male in the residence. The investigation determined that the male and another suspect had forced entry into the residence and when the home owner returned, one had fled the scene and the other had hid inside the residence.
As a result of this investigation 19 year old Timothy KENT and 18 year old Gerald SMITH of Kenora have been charged with Break and Enter contrary to section 348(1)(a) the Criminal Code. SMITH was released to attend Kenora court on July 31, 2014 to answer to the charge. KENT has been held in custody pending a bail hearing.