Stolen Vehicles Recovered – Three Charged

(MIDDLESEX COUNTY, ON) – The Middlesex County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), with assistance from the Middlesex County OPP Crime Unit, the Chatham-Kent Police Service, the Oneida Nation of the Thames Police, the London Police Service (LPS), and the OPP Forensic Identification Services (FIS), have charged three people with property related offences.

After two suspects were arrested in Chatham-Kent, ON, on November 2, 2015, members from the Middlesex County OPP and the Chatham-Kent Police Service Crime Units commenced a joint investigation into a series of thefts of vehicles and break and enter incidents, which occurred throughout Middlesex County, ON, in October, 2015.

A green GMC sport utility vehicle (SUV) was stolen from a business lot in the 6000 block of Colonel Talbot Road, London, ON, on October 16, 2015. Overnight into October 17, 2015, a red GMC pickup truck, and a blue Buick car were stolen from a residence in the 2800 block of Longwoods Road, Southwest Middlesex, ON. Later that morning, a residential break, enter, and theft, in which firearms were stolen, occurred in the 8000 block of Decker Drive, Middlesex Centre, ON.

In London, ON, sometime after 4:30 p.m. on October 26, 2015, a grey GMC was stolen from a residential driveway in the 600 block of Alanbrook Street, and a black GMC pickup truck was stolen from a residential driveway in the 700 block of Wilkins Street. Later that evening, a theft of gas occurred at a business in the 200 block of Wharncliffe Road. At approximately 12:15 a.m. on October 27, 2015, a break, enter, and theft, where consumables were stolen, occurred at a business in the 3000 block of Wonderland Road.

A black GMC pickup truck was stolen from a residential driveway in the 500 block of Forest Edge Road, London, ON, between 9:00 p.m. on October 30, 2015, and 4:41 a.m. on October 31, 2015. In the early morning hours of October 31, 2015, an attempted break, enter, and theft occurred at a business in the 21000 block of Melbourne Road, Southwest Middlesex, ON, but the suspects were unsuccessful in gaining access to the interior of a building.

As a result of the subsequent police investigations, the Middlesex County OPP have charged 18-year-old Curtis SNAKE, who resides on Chippewas of the Thames First Nation, ON, a 17-year-old male, who resides on Chippewas of the Thames First Nation, ON, and a 17-year-old male, of no fixed address. The youths cannot be identified in accordance with the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA).

A total of 48 Criminal Code of Canada (CC) charges have been laid, including:

Break, enter a place – commit indictable offence

Break and enter a place and steal a firearm

Break, enter a place – with intent to commit indictable offence

Knowledge of unauthorized possession of firearm

Possession of break in instruments

Possession of property obtained by crime under $5000 – in Canada

Theft over $5000 of a motor vehicle

Theft under $5000 of a motor vehicle

Theft under $5000

Trafficking in firearm, weapon, device, or ammunition

Driving while disqualified

Fail to comply with conditions of an undertaking

Fail to comply with probation order

Additionally, police recovered four stolen motor vehicles: a black GMC SUV, a red GMC pickup truck, a blue Buick car, and a black GMC pickup truck.

The 17-year-old (of no fixed address) and the 18-year-old accuseds will be appearing in the London courts to answer to the charges. A warrant of arrest has been issued for the second 17-year-old accused.

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