Charges have been dropped against Wawa's former chief administrative officer.
Ontario's Ministry of the Attorney General has confirmed to JJAM FM News that a charge of sexual assault and another of criminal harassment laid against Chris Wray last July were withdrawn on May 8th, with Wray entering into a "peace bond" for 12 months - peace bonds usually include conditions such as keeping the peace.
The charges had related to allegations of an assault in Greater Sudbury in November 2016 involving parties that were known to each other - the complaint was initially made to Superior East Ontario Provincial Police nearly a year ago, and they forwarded the investigation to Greater Sudbury Police, who ended up laying the charges that have now been withdrawn.
Wray was Wawa's CAO/Clerk-Treasurer since 1999 - aside from a period where he was CAO of Muskoka Lakes from December 2012 to May 2014 - though the Municipality of Wawa announced in late January 2019 that Wray and the Municipality had "ended their employment relationship" with no further details given.
Wawa Economic Development Corporation CEO Maury O'Neill was hired as the new Municipal CAO/Treasurer in February 2019, while Deputy Clerk Cathy Cyr was promoted to Clerk.