A 34-year-old Thunder Bay man faces charges after Ontario Provincial Police say officers received reports of him chasing and threatening youths in Blind River last week. “OPP responded to a complaint involving an intoxicated individual who was threatening and chasing a group of eight to ten youths near a local school on Michigan Avenue,” police said in a news release. OPP said the incident occurred on Oct. 16 at about 8:45 p.m. A short time later, officers attended the area, located the individual and took him into custody, OPP said. Charges laid As a result of the investigation, the man was charged with assault, uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm and failing to comply with a probation order. The accused is scheduled to appear in court in Elliot Lake on Dec. 3.
