Ontario substitute teacher charged with assault involving 2 students

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A service patch is seen on the arm of a senior South Simcoe police officer at a funeral service in Barrie, Ont., Thursday, Oct. 20, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Drost.

By The Canadian Press

Posted August 7, 2024 5:27 am.

A substitute teacher has been arrested and charged in connection to an assault at a school in Bradford, Ont.

South Simcoe police say officers opened an investigation at a school in the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury in April. 

They say officers officials finalized details in July. 

Police arrested and charged a 37-year-old man from Brechin, Ont., with two counts of assault involving two students.

The substitute teacher was released on an undertaking.

Police are asking anyone with information to contact them. 

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