(TOWN OF MINTO, ON) – The Wellington County Detachment Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged two individuals with the kidnapping and homicide of Jason BROWN.
On November 8, 2023, the OPP, with the assistance of the Edmonton Police Service, arrested Joshua Alexander DRUMOND, 32-years-old of Edmonton, on a Canada-wide warrant. DRUMOND has been charged with the following Criminal Code offences:
· First Degree Murder 235(1)
· Kidnapping 279(1)(a).
Steven Jon WALSOM-GERIGS, 33-years-old of Brantford, is charged with the following Criminal Code offences:
· First Degree Murder 235(1)
· Kidnapping 279(1)(a).
Both individuals are currently in custody and will appear at the Ontario Superior Court in Guelph on November 10, 2023.
On March 12, 2019, the body of Jason John BROWN, 43-years-old of Kitchener was found in the Oshawa area of Durham Region.
The Wellington County OPP Crime Unit, under the direction of the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch, and with the assistance of the Biker Enforcement Unit, continues to investigate BROWN’S death.
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