(CENTRAL HURON, ON) – Huron County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has laid criminal charges against a pair of copper wire thieves following an investigation conducted earlier this week.
On June 27, 2021 at 9:41 p.m. Huron OPP officers were first alerted to a suspicious vehicle that was parked on private property adjacent to the former Bluewater Youth Corrections facility. Following some investigation police had reason to believe the individuals connected to the vehicle were engaged in stealing items from the facility.
Later the next morning police located two suspects in the vicinity of the facility and they were both found to be in possession of copper piping, copper wire and break-in tools.
Kaylyn HUGHES, 21 years of age from Middlesex Centre has been charged with: Break, Enter Commit an Indictable Offence, Possession of Break-in Instruments, Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Under $5,000, Fail to Comply with Probation Order – Two Counts and Fail to Comply with Release Order.
The accused has been remanded into custody with a court appearance scheduled for today at the Ontario Court of Justice – Goderich.
Robert SCHOCKAERT, 32 years of age from Norfolk County has been charged with: Break, Enter Commit an Indictable Offence, Possession of Break-in Instruments and Possession of Property Obtained by Crime Under $5,000. He was later released from custody with a court appearance scheduled for August 16, 2021 at the Ontario Court of Justice – Goderich.
