Manitoulin OPP continued to search in the area of M’Chigeeng First Nation late Saturday afternoon for 32-year-old Victor Branco, whom police believed to be…
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Police on Manitoulin Island are asking people to shelter in place while they search for a man they allege is armed and dangerous.
The Ontario Provincial Police are asking people to stay away from M’Chigeeng First Nation and Highway 551 leading into the community.
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They say if people are already in the area, they should shelter in place and await further updates.
Police say they are looking for a 32-year-old man after an alleged incident earlier in the day.
Ontario Provincial Province are urging everyone who lives in the M'Chigeeng First Nation on Manitoulin Island to shelter in place as they search for a man they allege is armed and dangerous.
OPP ends shelter-in-place order on Manitoulin Island; manhunt continues
by news staff and the canadian press
Posted May 8, 2021 3:17 pm EDT
Last Updated May 8, 2021 at 11:16 pm EDT
Ontario Provincial Police cruiser. (FILE/CITYNEWS)
Ontario Provincial Police have lifted a shelter-in-place order for the Manitoulin Island region.
Police originally asked residents to stay in their homes Saturday as they searched for a 32-year-old man following an alleged incident earlier in the day.
People were also being asked to stay away from M’Chigeeng First Nation and Highway 551 leading into the community.
Sgt. Carlo Berardi says the incident developed in the morning and police are still looking for the suspect, though he did not share further details about what happened.
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There’s a 24/7 OPP presence at border crossings from Québec in four Northeastern Ontario locations: east of Cochrane and Kirkland Lake; northeast of Temiskaming Shores; and outside North Bay.
Sargent Carlo Berardi from regional headquarters says officers are stopping every car without an Ontario licence plate as it crosses the border. Under the Emergency Measures Act, over 3,200 cars were stopped as of Wednesday, and 29 were turned around.
“There’s quite an extensive list of criteria that will allow you to come into Ontario, but 29 vehicles did not meet that criteria,” Berardi notes.“If you have to come in for work or you have a residence in Ontario or you’re coming across for medical concerns, then those types of things.”