INTRUDERS CHARGED AFTER FOUND IN HOME SUNDAY MORNING

MUSKOKA LAKES TWP. — Two intruders found in a home Sunday morning have been charged after being confronted by the owner.

Police were called to a break-and-enter on Ashforth Drive in Muskoka Lakes Township, March 7 at 9:45 a.m. after the homeowner returned to their residence and found men inside and told them to leave.

Which they did.

Police raced to the home where they found an empty vehicle they suspect the two were travelling in. And the investigation revealed it has been stolen in Toronto.

The OPP Canine Unit and the Emergency Response Team (ERT) were dispatched and the two men were located and arrested after a search of the area, the OPP say in a release today.

Officers charged Amir Mohamud, 27, of Toronto, with Being Unlawfully in a Dwelling House CC 349(1), Possession of Property Obtained by Crime CC 355(b) and Possession of a Schedule I Substance (Methamphetamine) CDSA 4(1).

And Hans Thomas, 38, has been arrested and charged with Being Unlawfully in a Dwelling House CC 349(1) and Failure to Comply with a Release Order CC 145(5)(a).

Mohamud and Thomas are to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Bracebridge May 11, 2021.