More Arrests Made in Detention Centre Death

Monday, 26 February 2024 07:31

By Geoff Waterfield

Each charged with 2nd degree murder

Five more people have been arrested in connection to a death at the Niagara Falls Detention Centre last June.

Police say a 52-year old man was found without vital signs, and eventually died.

Police arrested two Niagara area men last Wednesday, charging them each with 2nd degree murder.

The additional people arrested, ranging in age from 23 to 44, were arrested Friday, and are all from the Niagara region.

Each has also been charged them with 2nd degree murder.

They all appeared in court on Friday in St. Catharines.

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