Obstruction, breach of trust trial for Thunder Bay police officer starts today

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Staff Sgt. Michael Dimini has pleaded not blameworthy to obstruction of justness and breach of spot charges. He is facing his 3rd transgression proceedings this year.

Staff Sgt. Michael Dimini charged aft OPP probe into alleged misconduct

Michelle Allan · CBC

· Posted: May 26, 2025 7:44 AM EDT | Last Updated: 4 hours ago

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A Thunder Bay Police Service serviceman is facing his 3rd transgression proceedings of the twelvemonth connected Monday.

Staff Sgt. Michael Dimini volition look proceedings connected obstruction of justness and breach of spot charges. The charges are successful transportation to his duties arsenic a constabulary officer. The alleged offences some occurred connected November 24, 2020, according to tribunal documents obtained by CBC.

The charges person not yet been tested successful court.

Dimini was primitively charged successful December 2023 pursuing a astir two-year Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) investigation. He was primitively charged with 2 counts of assault, breach of spot and obstruction of justice.

In February, the Ontario Court of Justice dismissed 1 complaint of battle against him aft a four-day trial. The complaint stemmed from an incidental that allegedly occurred successful Thunder Bay successful August 2014.

Earlier this month, a justice acquitted Dimini of a 2nd battle complaint related to an alleged incidental successful October 2016.

Dimini was released from custody aft being charged. While awaiting trial, he's been suspended with wage from the Thunder Bay Police Service, arsenic per the Police Services Act.

His merchandise was conditional upon not possessing immoderate weapons oregon firearms, and refraining from contacting 85 antithetic people.

Alleged misconduct by Dimini was besides laid retired successful quality rights complaints filed to the Ontario Human Rights Commission.

Multiple radical linked to Thunder Bay Police facing breach of spot charges

Multiple different radical are besides facing charges aft the 2021 OPP probe into allegations of misconduct astatine the Thunder Bay Police Service.

A pistillate with abbreviated hairsbreadth shakes hands with a gangly antheral with acheronian hairsbreadth and a beard. They are successful ceremonial constabulary formal and lasting successful a courthouse.

Former constabulary main Sylvie Hauth and ex-Thunder Bay constabulary lawyer Holly Walbourne were charged with aggregate obstruction and breach of spot offences for allegedly "practising deception" successful interactions with the Thunder Bay constabulary board. Their cases are scheduled to beryllium heard successful Superior Court successful November 2025.

Another Thunder Bay constabulary serviceman is besides facing breach of spot charges successful an unrelated alleged incident. Const. Peter Ritchie allegedly stole spot successful July 2024. He was arrested successful October 2024 connected theft and breach of spot charges. Ritchie is owed backmost successful tribunal successful June.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Michelle Allan is simply a newsman astatine CBC Thunder Bay. She's worked with the CBC's Investigative Unit, CBC Ottawa and ran a pop-up bureau successful Kingston. She won a 2021 Canadian Association of Journalists nationalist grant for investigative reporting and was a finalist successful 2023. You tin scope her astatine [email protected].