‘Highly intoxicated’ man threatens to kill resident, police in Elliot Lake

An Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) patch is seen in Ottawa, on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby

One person has been charged with several offences after someone broke into a home in Elliot Lake, Ont., early Tuesday morning.

Ontario Provincial Police responded to the incident at a house on Milliken Road around 12:40 a.m.

“The complainant reported a known male had broken into their room and threatened to kill them,” the OPP said in a news release.

“Police arrived and the person refused to open the door and threatened to kill officers. The door was breached and the person was safely arrested.”

However, the person was in a “highly intoxicated state” and “continued the threats and assaultive behaviour towards police.”

A 29-year-old resident of Elliot Lake has been charged with two counts each of break and enter and assault, three counts of assaulting police, resisting arrest, five counts of uttering threats, mischief (destroys or damages property) and two counts of failure to comply with an undertaking.