Ontario Provincial Police have charged a Petawawa resident with multiple intimate partner violence–related offences following an investigation that began with a domestic dispute call late last month.
Police with the Upper Ottawa Valley detachment responded to a residence in Petawawa at about 9 p.m. on Jan. 31. Officers were called to a domestic dispute in progress and, while investigating an alleged assault, found damage to property inside the home, police said.
One person was arrested at the scene. Police said the investigation also examined both recent and historical incidents of intimate partner violence that allegedly occurred over several months at the same residence.
As a result, a 43-year-old from Petawawa has been charged with spousal assault, assault causing bodily harm by choking, suffocating or strangling, three counts of domestic mischief, and uttering threats to cause spousal death or bodily harm.
The accused was released from custody and is scheduled to appear in Ontario Court of Justice in Pembroke at a later date.
(Steve Berard)