Residents assaulted in their Midland home: Updated
The lone man who broke into a Midland home Monday night and robbed the residents after assaulting and threatening them with a weapon has been identified as Ryan Dicks, 35, of Midland.
Dicks was arrested by Southern Georgian Bay OPP officers and taken into police custody. He was held in custody until an Aug. 23 bail hearing. He will continue to remain in custody until a Sept. 6 Ontario Court of Justice appearance in Midland.
When Southern Georgian Bay OPP officers arrived at the home after 7:35 p.m. on Aug. 20 to investigate the robbery, they discovered one person with non-life threatening injuries from the altercation.
The Southern Georgian Bay crime unit, Southern Georgian Bay scenes of crime officer and K-9 unit were called in to assist in the investigation.
One person has been arrested and charged with robbery with weapon, assault with a weapon, assault, uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm, break and enter and fail to comply with probation order.