One person faces charges after a firearms investigation in Sharbot Lake.
The Ontario Provincial Police East Region Community Street Crime Unit began an investigation during the winter into allegations regarding firearms. An individual was arrested and charged following a firearms related incident in the area in late January and remains in custody.
On Tuesday, February 3, 2026, as a result of the continuing investigation, CSCU officers, members of the Frontenac OPP Crime Unit and frontline officers executed a search warrant at a residence on Wagner Road in Sharbot Lake.
Officers seized several firearms, two of which were loaded, as well as a large number of unidentified capsules.
A 35-year-old man from Sharbot Lake has been charged with:
- Careless storage of a firearm – four counts
- Knowledge of unauthorized possession of a firearm – four counts
- Possession of a firearm contrary to a prohibition order
- Possession of a loaded prohibited or restricted firearm
- Possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose
- Tampering with a serial number of a firearm
- Trafficking in firearms
- Unauthorized possession of a firearm – three counts
- Unauthorized possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm
These charges are in addition to those laid in connection with the earlier incident.
The accused is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice on February 13, 2026. The identity of the accused is not being released in order to protect the identity of the victim in the earlier incident.
