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Huntsville OPP make second arrest in downtown stabbing

On Saturday August 12, 2017 just before 9:00pm officers from the Huntsville detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) along with Emergency Medical Services (EMS) were notified of a stabbing at an apartment in the downtown core of Huntsville.

OPP officers attended the residence and located a 39 year-old local male that had been stabbed several times. He was treated at the scene by EMS and transported to a local hospital where he was later airlifted to a Toronto area hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

As a result of the ongoing investigation, the Huntsville OPP Crime Unit have arrested a second person in relation to this incident.

Charged is 25 year-old Harley GIROUX of Huntsville, he is charged with one count of Robbery With Violence. He was arrested on August 18, 2017 and was held for a bail hearing at the Ontario Court of Justice in Bracebridge.

Investigation is ongoing at this time.

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