Tenant arrested after window-smashing spree in Blind River, Ont.

A teenage tenant of an apartment building in Blind River has been charged with mischief after police received reports of broken windows last week.

The East Algoma detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police responded March 21 to a report that a tenant had smashed three windows in their apartment unit on West Street.

“The superintendent of the apartment complex reported an incident that occurred the evening prior, around 9:30 p.m.,” police said in a news release Tuesday.

“A tenant walking their dog at the rear of the complex heard a second-floor window break. The superintendent further reported that two additional windows in the same apartment were shattered, along with multiple holes in the walls and a damaged door.”

Police arrested the 18-year-old suspect at 1:45 p.m. while they were walking on Causley Street. They have been charged with mischief over $5,000.

The accused is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Elliot Lake on May 1.