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Shoplifter arrested at Lindsay business
By Roderick Benns ·
January 17, 2018
· 1 min read
City of Kawartha Lakes Police Service responded to a Lindsay business yesterday after it was reported a man had been arrested by an employee for theft.
The investigating officer learned that a store employee had observed the male conceal a number of items on his person and leave the store without making payment.
A 33-year-old Lindsay man was issued an appearance notice by police and charged with theft under $5000 and possession of property obtained by crime under $5000.
The accused will attend for his first appearance at the Ontario Court of Justice on Feb. 22.
Publisher and Writer-at-Large
Roderick Benns grew up in Lindsay's east ward. In the 1990s he won a first-place national newspaper award through the Canadian Community of Newspapers Association in the category 'Reporter Initiative.' He has interviewed former Prime Ministers of Canada, Cabinet Ministers, Senators, and Mayors across Canada and had written op-eds for the country's major newspapers. Roderick is also the author of several books, including one on Basic Income. A father of two, he returned to his hometown in 2017 to start The Lindsay Advocate magazine and has since grown Fireside Publishing House into a multimedia enterprise.
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