(MONTAGUE TWP, ON) – The Lanark County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has laid charges in an historical sexual assault case.

Two people contacted the OPP in September 2024 to report that they had been sexually assaulted at locations in Smiths Falls and Montague Township over a period of five years, beginning in the 1980s.

As a result of the investigation, John CARLEY, age 94 of the village of Elgin in Rideau Lakes Township, has been charged with two counts of indecent assault.



The accused has been released from custody and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Perth on November 18, 2024.

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