WABASEEMOONG FIRST NATION – A former Wabaseemoong Child and Family Services worker has been charged with assaulting a five-year-old child in 2021.
Anne McDonald, 53, of Wabaseemoong First Nation was arrested by the Ontario Provincial Police in partnership with Treaty Three Police Service on Friday, Oct. 27.
In a release Monday, the OPP described the arrest as the culmination of a two-year investigation into a serious assault.
Treaty Three Police attended Wabaseemoong First Nation to investigate injuries suffered by a five-year-old girl on Nov. 21, 2021.
The OPP’s Major Case Investigation Team and Forensic Identification Services were assigned to collaborate with Treaty Three Police on the case.
McDonald faces charges of aggravated assault, criminal negligence causing bodily harm, failure to provide necessaries of life to a child, and abandonment of a child.
According to police, McDonald was employed by Wabaseemoong Child and Family Services at the time of the offences.
She was released from custody and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Kenora in November.
