The final individual, wanted in connection with a home invasion, kidnapping and assault in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory has been arrested.
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement (ROPE) Squad located and arrested Ashley Cummings, age 36, on Feb. 28, in Deseronto. She is charged with:
- Assault with a weapon – two counts
- Kidnapping
- Conspiracy to commit and indictable offence-kidnapping
- Forcible confinement
- Uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm
- Robbery with violence
- Theft under $5000
- Break and enter with intent to commit and indictable offence
- Possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose
- Disguise with intent
Cummings will remain in custody, with a bail hearing scheduled for today before the Ontario Court of Justice in Belleville.
Five other individuals are already before the courts on similar charges.
The incident happened Jan. 28, 2024, around 4:30 a.m., at a residence on Atsia Court on Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory. It was reported that several individuals had entered the home, assaulted a male and took him away in a vehicle. He was assaulted again and was then dropped off in another part of the community. The victim did not suffer any life-threatening injuries.