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Large Quantity Of Stolen Property Recovered After OPP Execute Search Warrant In Hastings Highlands

KAWARTHA LAKES-On the 17th of March, 2022, members from the Bancroft OPP, Central Hastings, Quinte West Community Street Crime Unit (CSCU), Bancroft OPP and with the assistance of Killaloe CSCU, executed a search warrant at a property in the Municipality of Hastings Highlands.

Police say as a result, investigators recovered a 2018 Stolen Jayco Travel Trailer worth approximately $50,000, a large quantity of stolen property including all-terrain vehicles, chainsaws, power tools, fishing gear, outboard motors, a generator and vessels. Owners of some items have already been identified and contacted, as they had earlier reported specific items missing or stolen.

As a result of the search warrant, Steven Scott, 45 years of Hastings Highlands, has been charged with:

  • Possession of stolen property under $5000 X 2
  • Possession of stolen property over $5000 X 2
  • Unauthorized possession of a firearm X 4.

The accused was released from custody and is scheduled to appear at the Ontario Court of Justice in Bancroft on the 12th of April 2022.

If you have been a victim of a break and enter or theft and have not reported missing items please contact the Bancroft OPP at 1-888-310-1122. Please be prepared to provide proof of ownership of property by documents and/or written statements to police.

The Bancroft OPP Detachment wish to remind you to record serial numbers of your property and firearms. If your property does not have a serial number mark it with an identifier and take photographs in case you do happen to be a victim of a theft or break and enter.

 

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Pamela Vanmeer
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