A teenager is facing multiple charges including uttering death threats and sexual assault following a weapons call in Cobourg last Saturday morning (December 30).
At around 1:42 a.m. on Saturday, Cobourg police were called to the area of University Avenue West and Ontario Street for threats involving a firearm.
During the investigation, the Ontario Provincial Police aided Cobourg police by locating and arresting a 17-year-old suspect at an address in Roseneath. Cobourg police executed a search warrant at the Roseneath address and seized a GSG-16 carbine and .22 calibre ammunition.
The 17-year-old suspect has been charged with four counts of uttering death threats, using a firearm in commission of an offence, sexual assault, and overcoming resistance to commission of offence (attempting to choke or strangle someone or administering a stupefying drug with intent to enable or assist in the commission of an indictable offence).
The accused youth was held for a bail hearing and subsequently detained.
Police are continuing to investigate the incident. Anyone with information, video surveillance or dashcam footage of the area is asked to call Cobourg police at 905-372-6821 or leave an anonymous tip with Crime Stoppers by calling 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or visiting stopcrimehere.ca.
