One Person Now Facing 22 Charges After Leeds OPP Arson Investigation

Brockville – The Leeds County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged an individual in connection with a suspicious fire.

On Sunday, July 20, 2025, shortly after 5:00 a.m., Leeds OPP responded to a report of a structure fire at a single-family dwelling north of Brockville. The home was unoccupied at the time of the fire; no injuries were sustained.

An extensive investigation by the Leeds OPP Crime Unit resulted in the execution of a search warrant at a property on County Road 7 near Jasper. Officers seized:

• A semi-automatic rifle
• High-capacity magazine and ammunition
• Body armour
• Brass knuckles
• Explosives containers
• Approximately three grams of suspected fentanyl
• Over 70 grams of suspected methamphetamine
• Over 430 grams of an unknown white substance
• A riding lawnmower
• A passenger vehicle
• A travel trailer
• A pick-up truck
• Several cellphones

As a result of the investigation, 40-year-old Graham DREW of Jasper has been charged with the following offences:

• Arson – disregard for human life
• Causing an explosion likely to cause bodily harm, death or serious damage to property
• With the intent to cause bodily harm, cause an explosive substance to explode
• With the intent to destroy or damage property, place or throw an explosive substance
• Explosives – making or possessing for an unlawful purpose
• Place or throw an explosive substance
• Store an explosive
• Possession of an explosive
• Send or deliver to a person or a person to take or receive an explosive substance
• Careless storage of a firearm, weapon, prohibited device or ammunition – three counts
• Knowledge of unauthorized possession of a firearm – two counts
• Possession of a prohibited device or ammunition – two counts
• Possession of property obtained by crime over $5,000 – three counts
• Unauthorized possession of a weapon

The accused has been remanded into custody and is scheduled to appear for a bail hearing on July 31, 2025, at the Brockville Ontario Court of Justice.