Weapon-related charges laid following partial school lockdown in Ontario town: police [Video]

Police say a 44-year-old man has been arrested following an incident that saw a school put on a partial lockdown in an Ontario town.

The OPP says officers from the Southern Georgian Bay detachment were working an active investigation around 9 a.m. on Wednesday when they were called to a home on Frazer Drive in the town of Midland, approximately 50 kilometres north of Barrie.

Police closed off Frazer Drive and put nearby St. Theresa’s High Catholic High School on a hold-and-secure order “in an abundance of caution.”

The partial lockdown was in place for hours while police were on the scene with the hold-and-secure order lifted around 1 p.m. Police did not say whether any injuries were reported during the incident.

Few details about the investigation have been released but police say that a 44-year-old man from Midland was arrested and hit with “numerous” charges related to “threats and …