(WEST NIPISSING, ON) – Police arrested and charged four people after a report of a break and enter.
On August 12, 2024, at approximately 2:00 p.m., the Nipissing West Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a break and enter at a vacant residence on Highway 539, West Nipissing.
Police located four people in the residence, who were arrested. A search of one person located drugs suspected to be Methamphetamine and opioid.
As a result of the investigation, Nicole WEMIGWANS, 58 years-of-age, Justyn LARENTE, 43 years-of-age, Robert BOUFFARD, 62 years-of-age and Annette McKEEN, 64 years-of-age, all from West Nipissing, were charged with unlawfully in a dwelling house.
McKEEN was additionally charged with possession of a schedule I substance for the purpose of trafficking – three counts.
All four accused were released and are scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice on September 5, 2024, in North Bay.