12-year-old charged with sexual assault

Written By Dan Jones

Photo by Dan Jones, CFWN, LJI

By: Dan Jones, Northumberland 89.7 FM News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter.

A 12-year-old youth is facing sexual assault charges.

Cobourg Police say officers opened an investigation last month after receiving information that a youth was sexually assaulted in the Town of Cobourg.

The unidentified youth was arrested Friday.

Dan Jones

Dan Jones is a veteran radio and web journalist with 18 years in the news business. He has reported on Indigenous issues in Northern and Western Canada. This former News Director has covered provincial legislative politics in the Yukon and Saskatchewan.

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