One person has been arrested and charged following the death of an inmate from Warkworth Institution.
On Friday, January 3, 2025, members of the Northumberland Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were advised of an incident that resulted in an inmate being transported to a local hospital and later airlifted to another medical centre. The 30-year-old inmate from Toronto was later pronounced deceased.
As a result of the investigation, on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, Dylan ROBERTS, 25 years old of Loyalist Township, was arrested and charged with Manslaughter contrary to section 236(b) of the Criminal Code.
The accused has been remanded into custody and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Cobourg on at a later date.
This investigation is being led by the OPP Northumberland Crime Unit, under the direction of the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch.
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