Police have charged five more people with mischief in the ongoing Site 41 protest in Tiny Township.
67 year old Robert Ritchie has been released from custody, but a 39 year old woman who was also arrested this afternoon will have to stay behind bars until a bail hearing in Barrie tomorrow morning.
This morning — 82 year old Keith Wood, his 76 year old wife Ina and 69 year old Barb Hunt all turned themselves in at the Midland OPP office.
Southern Georgian Bay OPP Constable Peter Leon says they asked the three to come to the station rather than being arrested at the site because they felt it would be safer that way for the three and for the public.
Leon says the blockade at the landfill has so far been peaceful and they didn’t want the situation to change.
Leon says police continue to identify other people associated with the blockade and charges will be laid according to their involvement.
He says it’s in the best interest of those people to show up at the detachment office when asked to do so.
Over 100 people came with the three suspects this morning and waited outside when the accused went in to be charged.
Keith Wood says he felt like a celebrity with all the support.
Wood adds he’s upset he can’t be at the blockade anymore because the water is his heritage and it’s worth fighting for.
Wood — a retired farmer — says he would sit out at one of the entrances from 6:4 AM to 5 PM Monday to Friday.
The landfill is being built on the Alliston Aquifer which has been called the purest water supply in the world.
The three who have been charged have been released from custody with a court date set for October 8th.
On Friday, 25 year old John Hawk of Christian Island was charged with mischief and intimidation.
He was already in police custody on an unrelated matter.