NEWS RELEASE
TIMMINS POLICE SERVICE
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The Timmins Police Service has charged a Cochrane man with vehicle theft related offences stemming from an incident that occurred on Wednesday, Sept. 29 at a Spruce Street South apartment building in Timmins.
A Timmins Police Service officer responded to the call for service yesterday regarding a person who had attended at the apartment of an acquaintance, and upon leaving, stole the keys to a vehicle that did not belong to him.
[It is alleged that] the suspect fled with the vehicle at some point in the late afternoon.
Based on the investigation, a Timmins Police officer located the vehicle at a Schumacher address later that same day and arrested the male suspect shortly afterwards.
The keys were located on the suspect’s person upon being arrested.
As a result of the incident, Tiza Mutswairo, 44 of Cochrane, has been charged with:
• theft of motor vehicle contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
• two counts of fail to comply with release order contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
Mutswairo remains in police custody awaiting a bail hearing slated for today at the Ontario Court of Justice in Timmins to answer to the charges laid against him.
The vehicle has been returned to the rightful owner.
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