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Kirkland Lake man accused of bike theft

2020-04-01 OPP stock
File photo supplied by the Ontario Provincial Police

NEWS RELEASE
ONTARIO PROVINCIAL POLICE
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KIRKLAND LAKE - On Oct. 19, 2021, members of the Kirkland Lake Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a report of a person stealing bike parts on Main Street in the Town of Kirkland Lake.

Police located and arrested the accused and recovered a stolen bicycle.

As a result, Jacob McWhirther, 25 years of age of Kirkland Lake, has been charged with the theft under $5,000 - contrary to section 334(b) of the Criminal Code.

The accused was released on an Undertaking and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice on Nov. 25, 2021 in Kirkland Lake.

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