(Madoc Twp, ON) – On June 6, 2015 at 6:20 a.m. members of Central Hastings O.P.P received a report of a pickup truck being stolen overnight while parked in a driveway on Mill Road in Madoc Township.
At 7:25 a.m. officers responded to a single motor vehicle collision in the ditch at the intersection of McCoy Road and Cooper Road in Madoc Township. On arrival, no one was at the scene and officers confirmed it to be the same pickup truck that had been reported stolen earlier.
A further investigation by officers revealed the complainant in the stolen vehicle occurrence made a false report to police after being the driver involved in the collision a few hours prior. As a result 29 year old Phillip PARKS of Madoc Township, ON was charged with Public Mischief and Fail to Remain. He will appear in Ontario Court of Justice, Belleville on July 30, 2015.