Quebec Municipal Affairs Minister Pierre Moreau speaks during question period Wednesday, November 12, 2014 at the legislature in Quebec City. Montreal police say one of their own is being detained after alleged death threats against several people, including two minors and Moreau. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
Republished December 11, 2014 - 2:04 PM
Original Publication Date December 11, 2014 - 10:25 AM
MONTREAL - A Montreal police detective-sergeant will have a bail hearing Friday in connection with alleged death threats against several people, including two minors and Municipal Affairs Minister Pierre Moreau.
Moreau was the driving force behind recently adopted pension-reform legislation that has angered municipal employees and sparked widespread protest.
The 45-year-old man was arrested in nearby Terrebonne on Monday after a woman filed a complaint with the local police force.
Montreal police spokesman Jean-Pierre Brabant confirmed Thursday the officer is an employee of the force.
Terrebonne police Capt. Sylvain Theoret said in an interview authorities met the woman, 40, and then questioned three others, including two minors.
The names of the minors — boys aged 12 and 14 — are covered by a publication ban.
"Following those meetings and after taking statements, we proceeded to arrest the suspect," Theoret said.
"Since that time, the suspect has been detained in Saint-Jerome."
Theoret said the officer was located by tracking down his vehicle and added he did not resist arrest.
The charges include criminal harassment, uttering death threats and mischief and are related to events that allegedly occurred over a nine-year period between 2005 and last Monday.
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