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Spitting on police cruiser gets man charged

Police queried the individual and revealed this person had multiple outstanding warrants and was subsequently arrested
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While being taken to the Blind River detachment the man spat on the cruiser's partition window.

At noon on August 22 the East Algoma OPP attended an apartment on Main Street in Thessalon to assist a Court Enforcement Officer Sheriff with an eviction.

Police queried the individual and revealed this person had multiple outstanding warrants and was subsequently arrested. While being transported to Blind River Detachment the accused spat on the cruiser's partition window.

As a result, Elliot HAMILTON, 21, from Thessalon is charged with: Mischief-renders property dangerous, useless, inoperative or effective.

The accused appeared before the Ontario Court of Justice Video Bail in Blind River on August 22, 2024, and was remanded into custody.