Cornwall Police Service

2022-05-06 - Daily News

Published on May 6, 2022

YOUTH CHARGED WITH 16 OFFENCES

Cornwall, ON - A 15-year-old Cornwall youth was arrested on May 5th, 2022 and charged with the following:

  • Sexual assault on a person under 16 x 5
  • Invitation to sexual touching on a person under 16 x 4
  • Sexual interference x 4
  • Incest x 3

It is alleged between 2018 and 2021, the youth sexually assaulted his siblings and police were contacted to investigate. On May 5th, 2022, the youth attended police headquarters to deal with the matter. He was taken into custody, charged accordingly and released to appear in court at a later date. The name of the youth was not released as per provision of the Youth Criminal Justice Act.

SEXUAL ASSAULT, ASSAULT PEACE OFFICER, BREACH

Cornwall, ON – John Sawatis, 42, of Cornwall was arrested on May 5th, 2022 and charged with sexual assault, assault peace officer, and breach of undertaking for failing to keep the peace. It is alleged on May 5th, 2022, while in custody at the courthouse on an unrelated matter, the man inappropriately touched a peace officer and an investigation ensued. During the investigation, he was charged accordingly and remained in custody to await a bail hearing.

CALLS FOR SERVICE

There were 60 calls for service in the City of Cornwall over the last 24 hours (8:00 am yesterday to 8:00 am today). To see what’s happening in your neighbourhood visit our Crime Plot Map.

The mapping data on the Crime Plot Map is an extract from the Cornwall Police Service and only contains incidents that meet public disclosure eligibility in order to protect the identity of the victims. Since only a subset of data is displayed, the number of mapped incidents may not be a true reflection of how many incidents are actually on file for the day(s) or time range selected.

CPS reserves the right to not post all calls for service in order to protect the identity of the victims.

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