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Bracebridge OPP officer headed to trial on assault charges for incident caught on camera

Bracebridge OPP Const. Scott Anthony has hired Toronto defence lawyer Peter Brauti to defend him ahead of his assault case heading to trial.

Anthony faces allegations of violently beating a man in July 2022, an incident that was caught on surveillance camera.

The charges stem from an investigation by the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) into the alleged assault on a 43-year-old man from Georgian Bay Township.

The SIU reported that two officers, including Anthony, responded to a break-in and trespass at the Canadian Pacific Railway yard in MacTier. When the officers arrived, they encountered a suspect who was subsequently arrested.

Security camera footage captured the incident, which appeared to show an officer using a stun gun on the man and kicking him in the head while he was on the ground.

The video appears to depict the man being subjected to multiple kicks, followed by the second officer administering another stun gun shock before the suspect is pulled along the ground by his feet with his hands restrained behind his back.

The suspect was hospitalized with serious injuries.

Anthony is charged with one count of assault causing bodily harm and one count of assault with a weapon.

According to the OPP, the other officer involved is no longer employed by the service.

Bracebridge OPP Const. Scott Anthony has hired Toronto defence lawyer Peter Brauti to defend him ahead of his assault case heading to trial.

Anthony faces allegations of violently beating a man in July 2022, an incident that was caught on surveillance camera.

The charges stem from an investigation by the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) into the alleged assault on a 43-year-old man from Georgian Bay Township.

The SIU reported that two officers, including Anthony, responded to a break-in and trespass at the Canadian Pacific Railway yard in MacTier. When the officers arrived, they encountered a suspect who was subsequently arrested.

Security camera footage captured the incident, which appeared to show an officer using a stun gun on the man and kicking him in the head while he was on the ground.

The video appears to depict the man being subjected to multiple kicks, followed by the second officer administering another stun gun shock before the suspect is pulled along the ground by his feet with his hands restrained behind his back.

The suspect was hospitalized with serious injuries.

Anthony is charged with one count of assault causing bodily harm and one count of assault with a weapon.

According to the OPP, the other officer involved is no longer employed by the service.

Weeks before this incident, CTV News obtained video surveillance(opens in a new tab) from inside a holding cell at the Bracebridge OPP detachment that appears to show Anthony striking a man in custody repeatedly.

After receiving the video last year, the SIU stated it had reopened that case and the investigation is ongoing.

Trial dates for the alleged assault in MacTier are anticipated to be scheduled next week.

The allegations against the officer have not been tested in court.

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New trial dates set for Bracebridge OPP officer charged with assault

Officer was charged with one count of assault causing bodily harm and one count of assault with a weapon in November 2022

Scott Anthony is facing charges of assault causing bodily harm and assault with a weapon following a 2022 arrest in MacTier

A trial involving a Bracebridge OPP officer facing criminal charges is scheduled to begin next year.

At a trial scheduling hearing May 14 at the Bracebridge courthouse, the assault case against Bracebridge OPP officer Scott Anthony was set for trial in 2025 between Feb. 3 to 14 (all weekdays) in Huntsville.

Anthony, who is on leave from the force, was charged with one count of assault causing bodily harm and one count of assault with a weapon in November 2022. The charges were laid after an SIU investigation into the July 2022 arrest of a man in MacTier.

The trial had originally been set to start February in Collingwood. The reason for the Collingwood scheduling was because there were no dates available in Muskoka at that time.

However, at the court appearance this week, Crown attorney Vlatko Karadzic informed Justice R. Williams the 2024 date had to be rescheduled due to Anthony’s change in legal representation. Peter Brauti is now representing Anthony, the court was told.

“I would like to set a trial confirmation hearing just to confirm that everything’s teed up and ready to go,” Williams said.

“I know last time that we had a confirmation hearing, because this is the second time this matter has been up for trial. The trial co-ordinator gave us a confirmation hearing before that out-of-town judge in that judge’s home jurisdiction. But I don’t know if that’s the plan,” Karadzic added.

The judge said he didn’t think that would be an issue right now.

“If there’s any issue, we can make arrangements then and get it back before the assigned trial judge,” Williams added.

The two sides agreed to Nov. 20 in Bracebridge for the confirmation hearing.

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