KENORA – The lengthy criminal investigation resulted in 174 charges being laid on October 18th, and thirty people being charged.
Today the task force of police services which includes: Ontario Provincial Police (OPP); Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau, Kenora OPP; Dryden Police; RCMP; Treaty Three Police; and Anishinabek Police Service announced eight more arrests.
The latest arrested suspect and the charges they face are:
- Brittany Butowski, 20, Kenora – cocaine/marijuana – two charges of possession of a controlled substance and a charge of unauthorized possession of a firearm ;
- Grace Quinton, 46, Kenora – cocaine/marijuana – two charges of possession of a controlled substance and a charge of unauthorized possession of a firearm;
- James Quinton, 54, Kenora – cocaine/marijuana – two charges of possession of a controlled substance and a charge of unauthorized possession of a firearm;
- Cale Hayes, 23, Kenora – marijuana – one charge of possession of a controlled substance and two charges of unauthorized possession of a firearm;
- Ashley Loranger, 19, Kenora – cocaine – two charges of possession of a controlled substance;
- Joseph Smith, 56, Wauzhushk Onigum – marijuana – two charges of trafficking and two charges of possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking;
- Rena Smith, 47, Wauzhushk Onigum – marijuana – one charge of trafficking, a charge of possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking, one charge of possession of a controlled substance and a charge of possession of property obtained by crime under $5,000.
