(RIDEAU LAKES, ON) - Members of the Leeds County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have arrested and charged an individual with serious offences, including attempt to commit murder on a child.

On Friday, September 26, 2025, shortly before 9:00 am, members of the Leeds County OPP, assisted by the Leeds County OPP Crime Unit, began an intimate partner violence and child abuse investigation.

As a result of the investigation, a 26-year-old was arrested and charged with the following Criminal Code offences:

• Attempt to commit murder
• Sexual assault on a person under 16 years of age cause bodily harm
• Sexual interference
• Forcible confinement - two counts
• Assault with a weapon - two counts
• Assault cause bodily harm - choke, suffocate or strangle - two counts
• Assault - two counts
• Uttering threats - cause death or bodily harm - two counts
• Intimidation - use or threatens use of violence

The accused remains in custody and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Brockville at a later date.