A young Pembroke woman faces charges after a domestic dispute turned violent early Thursday morning.

Police report that on November 19, 2020, at just after 3 am, officers from the Upper Ottawa Valley detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a domestic dispute between two people at a residence on Elizabeth Street in Pembroke.

A 35-year-old man was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries as a result of being assaulted with an “edged weapon.”

A 24-year-old female has been arrested and charged with the following Criminal Code (CC) and Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) offences:

• Assault with a weapon
• Uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm
• Possession of a schedule I substance – fentanyl
• Possession of a schedule I substance – cocaine

The accused was held in custody for a bail hearing and remains in custody until their next appearance at the Ontario Court of Justice in Pembroke on November 23, 2020.

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