(WEST PARRY SOUND, ON) – In December 2013 the West Parry Sound Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were called to investigate the theft of Ontario Lottery and Gaming (OLG) lottery tickets at the Nobel ESSO Gas Station. Over the course of several months the West Parry Sound OPP Crime unit and the OLG Investigation and Enforcement Bureau conducted a thorough investigation into the allegations of an internal theft. As a result investigation revealed that for over a period of time an employee had been playing online lottery tickets without paying for them.
On November 6, 2014, Christopher MACE, 20 years of age from McDougall Township was arrested and charged with Theft over $5000 contrary to the Criminal Code (CC). He will appear before the Ontario Court of Justice Parry Sound on January 15, 2015 to answer to his charges.