PIGEON Facing Break & Enter Charge

(TAY VALLEY TWP, ON) – The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) has charged two people after a string of copper wire thefts and break-ins in Lanark County and the surrounding area.

The thefts began in the fall of 2024, with numerous incidents of wires being cut and removed as well as a break-in at an industrial building in Perth.

The OPP East Region Community Street Crime Unit, working with the Lanark County Detachment and the OPP Canine unit, executed a warrant at a residence in Tay Valley Township on Tuesday, March 11, 2025.

Officers recovered a large amount of copper wire and copper pipes, as well as a crossbow, break and enter tools and a small amount of methamphetamine.

John PIGEON, age 34 of Tay Valley Township, has been charged with:

• Possession of stolen property over $5000
• Mischief under $5000
• Possession of break-in instruments
• Fail to comply with a probation order- two counts
• Fail to comply with a release order
• Fail to comply with an undertaking
• Break and enter
• Possession of schedule I substance

Jessica WATSON, age 22 of Lanark Highlands Township, has been charged with:

·      Possession of schedule I substance

·      Fail to comply with an undertaking – two counts

Both accused were held for bail and were scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Perth today (March 12, 2025).

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