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Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Police officer injured during fracas in Ste Madeleine

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Sascha Wilson
21 days ago
20250624

SASCHA WIL­SON

A po­lice of­fi­cer was in­jured af­ter be­ing struck in the face with a glass bot­tle dur­ing a dis­tur­bance in Ste Madeleine on Mon­day.

Around 4:30 pm, two con­sta­bles from the Ste Madeleine Po­lice Sta­tion re­spond­ed to a re­port of mis­siles be­ing thrown at Seon Dri­ve, Tar­o­dale. When they ar­rived, they en­coun­tered a group of about ten peo­ple, in­clud­ing men and women, in­volved in a heat­ed ar­gu­ment. Some were armed with stones and pieces of con­crete.

As the of­fi­cers at­tempt­ed to defuse the sit­u­a­tion, a woman ran up to a 43-year-old res­i­dent stand­ing out­side her home and pushed her. The res­i­dent re­spond­ed by throw­ing a bot­tle, which in­stead struck one of the of­fi­cers on the left side of his face, caus­ing his mouth to bleed.

The of­fi­cer was tak­en for treat­ment. His in­juries were de­scribed as a pos­si­ble frac­tured jaw and a lac­er­a­tion to the in­ner mouth. The woman was ar­rest­ed and is ex­pect­ed to be charged.


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