Two charged after victim was threatened with handgun on northern Ont. trail

An Ontario Provincial Police cruiser is seen in this file photo. (File)

A verbal dispute escalated on a trail in Cochrane this week, to the point that one person was threatened with a handgun.

The incident took place around 2:30 p.m. July 15 on a trail near Lake Commando in Cochrane.

A caller told Ontario Provincial Police “that a person had brandished a handgun during a verbal dispute.”

“Police responded to the area, however the subject of the complaint was not located at the reported location,” the OPP said in a news release Wednesday.

The emergency response team and the criminal investigation unit were engaged and police located the accused at a residence on Eleventh Avenue in Cochrane.

The 28-year-old suspect from Scarborough has been charged with weapons offences, including assault with a weapon and carrying a concealed weapon, as well as two counts of failing to comply with probation orders.

The accused is still in custody ahead of a July 19 court date in Cochrane.

Further investigation led police to charge a 21-year-old from Cochrane with assault with a weapon and weapons possession.

The second accused was released from custody and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice on Aug. 13 in Cochrane.