(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.