A North Kawartha Township woman has been arrested in connection with alleged threats made against a health clinic in Apsley.
As Global News Peterborough first reported Monday, the North Kawartha Health Centre in the village of Apsley was closed after Dr. Paul Hasson and his staff reported receiving threats of a shooting at the clinic and threats of bodily harm. The clinic is located on Burleigh St. in the village 60 kilometres north of Peterborough.
On Wednesday morning, a call to the clinic received a voice mail stated the clinic is closed “due to security concerns” but that voicemails would be returned. On Monday a call got a voicemail stating the clinic is “closed for an emergency.”
Both Peterborough Police Service and Peterborough County OPP investigated the incident.
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On Tuesday afternoon, both services say officers attempted to arrest the woman at her home but she was not present. Officers learned she had shown up at the Peterborough County OPP detachment. Around 2:45 p.m. she was arrested by city police.
The 57-year-old North Kawartha Township woman was arrested and charged with criminal harassment and uttering threats. The criminal harassment charge is connected to the North Kawartha Health Centre incident while the uttering threats is connected to the city police investigation.
She was held in custody and is scheduled to appear in court in Peterborough on Wednesday.
No name was provided.
Police note the same individual was arrested on June 3 and charged with two counts of uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm involving threats made against staff at a medical clinic in Peterborough. She was released on an undertaking with a future court date.
Police add there were additional threats made against medical staff in Peterborough County and she was additionally charged on June 15 with four counts of uttering threats. She was held in custody, appeared in court and was released on bail at the time.
Hasson in January requested that the North Kawartha Township add security cameras to the building housing the clinic due to threats he received in October. It’s not known if that incident is connected. Hasson has not returned requests for an interview.