WEBEQUIE, Ont. — A teacher in Webequie First Nation has been arrested and charged with sexual assault against a minor.
According to a release issued on Monday by the Nishnawbe Aski Police Service, an investigation into allegations of sexual assault against a minor began in September.
During the course of the investigation, officers learned a teacher in the community had allegedly assaulted a 15-year-old boy.
Police obtained an arrest warrant and took the accused into custody without incident.
Twenty-six-year-old Noah John Sisson, of Holland Landing, Ont., has been charged with sexual assault on a person under 16 years of age, invitation to sexual touching under 16 years of age and sexual interference.
Sisson was remanded into custody following an Oct. 7 bail hearing.
Police say the investigation is ongoing and investigators urge anyone who may have information, may have been a victim or who may know potential victims, to contact NAPS Northwest Crime Unit at 807-623-2161, ext. 6114.
Tips may also be submitted anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477, online at www.p3tips.com.
