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The Ontario Provincial Police has charged one of its own officers in the northwestern Ontario region with assault and sexual assault.

In a news release Wednesday, the OPP said the charges stem from an investigation into a domestic-related incident.

According to police, the officer does not work on front-line duties and has now been placed on administrative duties.

To protect the identity of the victim, no further information about the case will be released, OPP said.

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A Northwest Region OPP officer has been charged in conjunction with an alleged domestic assault.

The officer, who isn’t being named by police in order to protect the victim, was charged with one count of assault and one count of sexual assault.

The officer, who was not assigned to frontline duties with the OPP, has been placed on administrative duties.

“The OPP will not be releasing any further information in regards to this investigation in order to protect the identity of the victim,” said OPP spokeswoman Shelley Garr in a shortly worded release issued Wednesday afternoon.

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