Stolen vehicle charges at local dealership

BRACEBRIDGE — A St. Catharines man has been charged after driving a stolen vehicle.

The stolen vehicle was seen leaving a local auto dealership before midnight.

On Friday March 2, 2018, just before midnight, provincial police say that while doing routine patrols in the town of Bracebridge, an OPP officer from the Bracebridge detachment noticed a truck pulling out from a local vehicle dealership located in a secluded area.

The officer stopped the vehicle to make further enquiries and discovered that the vehicle had been stolen from Peel Region on February 20, 2018.

As a result of the investigation, police have charged 44 year-old Walter Seibt with Possession of Property Obtained by Crime over $5,000 CC354(1)(a).

He is to appear in the Ontario Court of Justice in Bracebridge on March 27, 2018 to answer to his charge.