RENFREW, Ont. – A man charged following an Amber Alert in Quebec is now facing charges in Ontario.
Ontario Provincial Police say the 41-year-old Quebec man is to appear in court in Ottawa on Tuesday charged with dangerous operation of a vehicle, flight from police, possession of a stolen vehicle, assault with a weapon and resisting arrest.
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Authorities in Quebec have charged the man with first-degree murder in the death of his former partner and second-degree murder in the death of Yvon Lacasse, a 71-year-old man whose body was found in September.
The accused’s missing six-year-old son was found alive by police in Lacasse’s car when the man was arrested southwest of Renfrew, Ont., on Sept. 15.
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Quebec police issued an Amber Alert for the boy after they discovered the body of his mother in mid-September north of Montreal.
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