OFF-DUTY COP HELPS APPREHEND SOBEYS SHOPLIFTING SUSPECTS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IN ORILLIA

Mark Clairmont | MuskokaTODAY.com

GRAVENHURST — Shopping can seem like highway robbery some days.

But for an off-duty cop it was the other way around yesterday.

Police charged three people after a theft complaint at the Sobeys grocery store.

On Wednesday, May 13, at 4:45 p.m., officers responded to a report of a theft that had just occurred.

When an off-duty police officer became aware of the incident.

As a result police were able to track the vehicle, a white cube van, southbound on Highway 11 south.

And Orillia OPP officers conducted a traffic stop on Atlantis Drive in Orillia.

They arrested and charged 43-year-old David Ronto, of Scarborough, 34-year-old Karoly Vadasz, of North York, and a 16-year-old also from North York.

Each face charges of Theft Under $5,000 and Possession of Property Obtained by Crime.

The accused adults are to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Bracebridge on June 23, 2026.

The teen, whose identity is protected under provisions in the Youth Criminal Justice Act, is to appear in Bracebridge Youth Court on July 2, 2026 to answer to his charges.

The three GTA suspects were tracked from Gravenhurst and pulled over by police in Orillia after Wednesday’s grocery store theft.

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