[UPDATE TO BELOW POST: Monday, April 25th, 1:15 p.m. Police tell us the officer involved who files the report will not be back to work until Wednesday, and the police report will hopefully be completed by then.]

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We have been getting many tips that local NDP candidate David Nickle's son has been charged with assault. We have had it confirmed to PtboCanada today by Sergeant Marc Habgood from Peterborough Lakefield Community Police that Ryan Nickle has been charged with assault causing bodily harm stemming from an incident downtown Peterborough early Friday morning. He "has been charged and released," confirms Habgood. "His charges have been added but the report has not been submitted yet and therefore the release [a daily media release the police send out] has not gone out." We emailed David Nickle this morning for comment, but have not heard back.

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