NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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MATHESON – Officers with the South Porcupine (Matheson) Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and members of the Crime Unit investigated a series of break-ins that occurred in the Matheson area on the night of August 22, 2015.
Five homes were reported having been broken into with a theft of over $30,000 of jewelry and other property.
With the assistance of the OPP Forensic Identification Unit Service (FISU), police were able to identify the suspect.
As a result, a 17-year-old male of Ramore was arrested and charged under the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA) with:
- Break and Enter with intent to commit indictable offence, section 348(1)(a) (3 counts), and with
- Break and enter dwelling house- commit indictable offence, section 348(1)(b) (2 counts).
The youth is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Timmins on September 28, 2015.
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