January 11, 2021

Multiple charges after the theft of vehicles and gas

January 8, 2020 at 5:47 am, Grey Bruce Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were dispatched to a theft of a motor vehicle from a residence on Main Street East in the Town of Dundalk.

The suspect was later involved in a gas theft from a local gas station. The suspect later abandoned this vehicle and stole another motor vehicle from a residence in Markdale. The vehicle eventually got stuck in the snow on a no winter maintenance roadway and officers arrested the driver without further incident.

As a result of this investigation, Grey Bruce OPP have charged a 30 year-old man, from Wellington North, ON with the following offenses:

• Theft of a motor vehicle, section 333.1 Criminal Code of Canada (CCC) 
• Theft under $5,000., section 334(b) CCC 
• Possession of property obtained by crime - over $5,000., section 355(a) CCC 
• Operation of a motor vehicle while prohibited, section 320.18(1)(a) CCC 
• Failure to comply with Undertaking, section 145(4)(a) CCC Failure to comply with Release Order, section 145(5)(a) CCC

The accused has a bail hearing in the Ontario Court of Justice in Owen Sound on January 11, 2021.

 

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