(CALEDON, ON) – On Thursday, March 31, 2016 officers from the Caledon Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were dispatched to a Break & Enter that had occurred at a residential property on Innis Lake Road.
During the course of the investigation, police received multiple tips from the public as to the identity of the suspects thanks to a You Tube video posted online of the surveillance footage from the Break & Enter. As a result, police were able to successfully arrest and charge the infamous males caught on camera.
Joel Rene MONGRAIN, 34, from Caledon has been charged with the following offences: Possession Break In Instruments, Possession Property Obtained by Crime Under $5,000, 3 counts of Possession Property Obtained by Crime Over $5,000, Break, Enter dwelling house – commit indictable offence, and Possession of a Schedule II substance- Cannabis Marihuana – under 30grams.
As a result of search warrants executed by Caledon OPP’s Street Crime Unit, the accused noted above has additionally been charged with: Possession of a Prohibited Device or Ammunition, Careless Storage of a Firearm, Weapon, Prohibited Device or Ammunition, Unauthorized Possession of a Firearm, 10 counts of Possession – credit card data, 9 counts of Possession of a credit card, 5 counts of Identity Documents, 3 counts of Possession of Firearm or Ammunition contrary to Prohibition Order, and 2 counts of Unauthorized Possession of a Prohibited or Restricted Firearm.
Members of the Caledon OPP would like to thank all those who contacted police with information as to the identity of the males involved in the Break & Enter. Never underestimate the power of a phone call to police. It is with the public’s assistance that the police can help victims of crime and hold lawbreakers unaccountable for their actions.