BANCROFT-The Bancroft OPP has charged two people following a report that people were digging up copper wire.
On Friday, March 28, 2025, shortly after 2:30 p.m., officers responded to a location in the Town of Bancroft, where the investigation revealed that copper wire, which had been used for an electrical unit, had been cut.
Ryan Haig, age 36, and Brian Poulain, age 40, were charged with theft under $5000 and Mischief.
Poulain was remanded into custody and is scheduled to appear before the Ontario Court of Justice in Belleville on April 1, 2025. HAIG plead guilty to charges.
