(PEMBROKE, ON) – On the afternoon of May 22, 2016 an officer with the Upper Ottawa Valley Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was on patrol on Mary Street in Pembroke when he noticed a male carrying a flat screen TV that was still in the box. The officer stopped and spoke to the man after noticing that the store security device was still attached to the box. Through subsequent investigation it was learned that the TV had been stolen from Walmart earlier in the day. As a result 32 year old Ryan Charles GRIFE of Pembroke was arrested and charged with the following Criminal Code offences:
Theft Under $5000
Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Under $5000
Fail to Comply with Probation
He was released on a Promise to Appear and is scheduled to appear on June 28, 2016 at the Ontario Court of Justice in Pembroke.