Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Some Incidents Of Crime Up In Rainy River District


Break-in and thefts continue to be a problem in the Rainy River district.

OPP says they investigated 16 break-ins in May compared with 5 in April.

This included a break-in at Fort Frances High School in which charges were laid and a break-in at a Fort Frances home where a woman was sexually assaulted.

Charges were also laid in that case.

Thefts also rose to 24 last month from 16 in April.

Two of the thefts involved gas being taken from a Fort Frances gas station on separate occasions without being paid for.