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OPP charge Huntsville man with aggravated assault

eterborough County OPP say a fatal collision has closed a section of Hwy. 7 east of Havelock on May 14, 2023. File

An early morning dispute has left one person in hospital and a Huntsville, Ont., man charged with aggrieved assault.

On Monday morning, around 12:05 a.m., members of the Huntsville detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police responded to a dispute in a home on Ravenscliffe Road in Huntsville.

Police say a victim of an assault was transported by Muskoka Paramedic Services to a local hospital before being airlifted to a hospital out of the Muskoka area with non-life-threatening injuries.

George Butcher, 66, from Huntsville, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault.

Butcher is being held in police custody and is scheduled to appear on Wednesday at the Ontario court of justice in Muskoka.

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