(LAURENTIAN VALLEY TWP, ON) – The Upper Ottawa Valley (UOV) Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has laid charges against an individual after a recent break and enter.
On March 9, 2026, at approximately 8:40 a.m., officers from the UOV OPP responded to a break and enter in progress at an unoccupied apartment in Laurentian Valley Township. Police arrested a man at the scene and seized a balaclava, hammer and gloves.
As a result of this incident 38-year-old Corey POPKIE of Pembroke was charged with the following Criminal Code (CC) offences:
- Break and enter a place – commit indictable offence
- Possession of break in instruments
- Fail to comply with probation order – three counts
The accused was held for a bail hearing and is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Pembroke on March 10, 2026.