POLICE INVESTIGATING SERIOUS INCIDENT IN BRACEBRIDGE

(BRACEBRIDGE, ON) - Bracebridge Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is investigating a serious incident that occurred in Bracebridge and one person stands charged.

On June 4, 2025 at 9:40 pm Bracebridge OPP officers, along with Muskoka EMS, responded to reports of a loud disturbance at a motel on Manitoba Street in Bracebridge. Officers arrived and found that two individuals had been injured, one of whom was transported to hospital with serious, non-life-threatening injuries. Officers located the suspect several streets away and arrested and charged 31-year-old Douglas SWEENEY, of Bracebridge, with the following:

• Robbery with Violence
• Assault with a Weapon
• Aggravated Assault
• Break and Enter
• Assault X 2
• Resist Peace Officer
• Possession of a Weapon for a Dangerous Purpose
• Mischief

He was held in custody and will appear in to Ontario Court of Justice in Bracebridge on June 9, 2025 to answer to his charges.