Ingersoll OPP officer arrested in corruption probe

12 arrests and counting for ongoing investigation

An Ontario Provincial Police constable has been arrested in an ongoing probe into corrupt practices that has already netted arrests against three GTA officers and a provincial prosecutor.

Const. Nancy St-Gelais, 44, who works in the Ingersoll OPP detachment, was charged on Thursday with using police database to conduct unlawful inquiries, York Regional Police said on Friday.

She was released and is due to appear in court on Nov. 23.

The investigation, which has already netted 12 arrests, is ongoing, York Regional Police Const. Andy Pattenden said in a prepared statement.

Earlier this week, a York Re- gional Police officer and another officer from the Toronto Police Service were granted bail in the sweeping investigation, which includes steroid and drug charges.

Const. Richard Senior, 44, of York Regional Police was charged with 30 criminal offences earlier this month, including trafficking cocaine, attempted armed robbery of a quantity of cocaine, assault, obstructing justice and weapons charges. He was also charged with the theft and illegal possession of a York Regional Police shotgun, interfering in the prosecution of provincial offence notices under the Highway Traffic Act and the disclosing of confidential police information.

Toronto Police Const. Bryan Correia was also released on bail earlier this weekafter being charged with criminal counseling and breach of trust.

Const. Timur Timerbulatov, 36, who joined York Regional Police in 2015, was charged with breach of trust and unauthorized use of a computer not for a police purpose from the same investigation.

Also charged last week in the same investigation was provincial offences prosecutor Catherine Petrolo, 36.

She faces charges of obstruction of justice and breach of trust by a public officer.